Thomas Hardy's birthplace, Higher Bockhampton, Dorset

The birthplace of Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) in Higher Bockhampton, near Dorchester.

 

The woodshed, with the outhouse to the right.

The bread oven in the kitchen.

'THOMAS HARDY, O.M.
WAS BORN IN THE ADJACENT
COTTAGE 2nd. JUNE 1840.
AND IN IT WROTE
UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE
AND
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD.

THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED TO
HIS MEMORY BY A FEW OF
HIS AMERICAN ADMIRERS
1931.'

My other Thomas Hardy posts:

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Thomas Hardy in Stinsford, Dorset

Thomas Hardy at Max Gate, Dorchester, Dorset
Thomas Hardy in South Street, Dorchester, Dorset