Cottages in Puddletown (formerly Piddletown) - a village in Dorset, England, about 5 miles (8 km) east of Dorchester

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Cottages in Puddletown (formerly Piddletown) - a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, about 5 miles (8 km) east of Dorchester. It is in the valley of the River Piddle, from which it derives its name. Puddletown is called "Weatherbury" in Thomas Hardy's novel Far From the Madding Crowd. Tryphena Sparks, Thomas Hardy's cousin, who was the inspiration for Hardy's poem Thoughts of Phena at News of Her Death, lived in Puddletown.[4]

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Location: Puddletown, Dorset, UK
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