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In the event you believe the box may have been lost or damaged, please contact: Maria Gayton, Community Engagement Officer – Dorset History Centre [email protected] The Young Heritage team consists of Jack Welch, Rebecca Mole, Jennifer Palmer and Isabella Eastwood, who have been responsible for putting the trail together. A special thank you to those who have contributed to make this project a success: Dorchester Town Council, Arnold Jones Associates,The Colliton Club, Dorset County Museum, St. Osmund’s C of E Middle School and Savills Brewery Square (Wagamama). About the Project ABOUT THE PROJECT Trace the footsteps of 19th century Dorchester- born surgeon Sir Frederick Treves, seeking out seven information boxes as you go. Treves was famous for befriendi befriending Joseph Merrick (also known as the Elephant Man) and performing a lifesaving operation on King Edward VII. T The Treves Trail is a little over 3 miles long, and takes around 1.5 hours. The exact time it will take depends on how quickly you find each information box! The boxes are hidden from immediate view, and contained in weatherproof camouflage bags. Once you have opened a box, and enjoyed the contents, please please feel free to add your name, the date and any message to the notebook inside, before replacing the box as you found it. The route does not include any hills, and can be followed entirely on pavements. There are a number of places on the route to buy refreshments, and public toilets near the far end of Trinity Street. The trail aims to promote the benefits of active exercise and good physical wellbeing. Commemorating 175 years of free healthca healthcare for the people of Dorset, the trail has been developed by a Young Heritage Team, with the support of Dorset History Centre. Tracing the footsteps of Dorchester’s famous Edwardian surgeon Sir Frederick Treves A heritage walking route for all ages THE TREVES TRAIL

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The Treves Trail invites you to trace the footsteps of 19th Century doctor Sir Frederick Treves and his life in Dorset. As a resident of Dorchester and a supporter of the hospital, Treves was an eminent surgeon famous for befriending the "Elephant Man" and performing a life-saving operation on the hospital's patron, King Edward VII. The Treves Trail is part of the 175th anniversary of Dorset County Hospital , a collaboration between Arts in Hospital, Dorset County Museum and Dorset History Centre.

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In the event you believe the box may have been lost or damaged, please contact: Maria Gayton,

Community Engagement Officer – Dorset History [email protected]

The Young Heritage team consists of Jack Welch, Rebecca Mole, Jennifer Palmer and Isabella

Eastwood, who have been responsible for putting the trail together.

A special thank you to those who have contributed to make this project a success:

Dorchester Town Council, Arnold Jones Associates,The Colliton Club, Dorset County

Museum, St. Osmund’s C of E Middle School and Savills Brewery Square (Wagamama).

About the Project

ABOUT THE PROJECT

Trace the footsteps of 19th century Dorchester- born surgeon Sir Frederick Treves, seeking out seven information

boxes as you go. Treves was famous for befriendibefriending Joseph Merrick (also known as

the Elephant Man) and performing a lifesaving operation on King Edward VII.

TThe Treves Trail is a little over 3 miles long, and takes around 1.5 hours. The exact time it will take depends on how quickly you find each information box! The boxes are hidden

from immediate view, and contained in weatherproof camouflage bags. Once you

have opened a box, and enjoyed the contents, please please feel free to add your name, the date and any message to the notebook inside, before replacing the box as you found it.

The route does not include any hills, and can be followed entirely on pavements. There are

a number of places on the route to buy refreshments, and public toilets near the far

end of Trinity Street.

The trail aims to promote the benefits of active exercise and good physical wellbeing.

Commemorating 175 years of free

healthcahealthcare for the people of Dorset, the trail has been developed by a Young

Heritage Team, with the support of Dorset History Centre.

Tracing the footsteps of Dorchester’s famous Edwardian surgeon

Sir Frederick Treves

A heritage walking route for all ages

THE TREVES TRAIL

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8. Re-join Weymouth Avenue. Turn right and walk back towards town, crossing the road at the health centre once again and walking past the Junction

pub. Cross the road, and turn left into South Street. Continue until you reach St Peter’s Church. This

is the end of the walk! Point H

7. Leaving the cemetery, continue on Weymouth Avenue, past Maumbury Rings until you meet a bronze horse. Turn right and look for the new

home of Japanese cuisine - the site of the seventh box. Point G

6. Retrace your steps up Rothesay Road and South Court Avenue. Turn left and continue into HeHerringstone Road. Crossing over, you will find a footpath- Sawmills Lane, just before Eldridge Close. Follow this path under a railway bridge, and keep the playing field on your right, until you reach a pedestrian crossing on Weymouth Avenue. Do not cross. Turn right, and continue down Weymouth Avenue, until you reach the gates ogates of Dorchester Cemetery where the sixth box is hidden. Take the small straight ahead

path and follow it round until it runs parallel with the back wall. You are looking for a Treves’ memorial and a round ball of green on the right

hand side of the path. Point F

Turn left into Maumbury Road, following it round into South Court Avenue, until you reach Rothesay

Road. Continue until you see the signs for the sports centre or Barnes Way. Turn left into Barnes Way with St Osmund’s school ahead of you on the

right. After the school run, you might fancy another kind of run - look for a gateway to sport. Point E

5. From Sportarm, cross Somerleigh Road to head down Princes Street until you reach Trinity Street

where you should turn right past the Art Deco Cinema and Iceland. Pass The Junction pub and

cross at the lights on Great Western Road, continue straight and cross onto the far side of Weymouth

Avenue, outside the health centre. Turn right along WeWeymouth Avenue until you reach the junction

past ancient Maumbury Rings.

4. Return to High West Street and cross the road. Turn into Alington Street (between

Frank Herring & Sons and the Tutankhamun Exhibition). MaExhibition). Make a slight turn to the left and cross into Somerleigh Road. Find the odd red brick house, currently inhabited by creative

professionals. Be creative in your search around the building - think green. Point D

3. Keep going up High West Street towards Top O’ Town until you reach the Shire Hall. Turn

right onto Glyde Path Road and turn first left to find the Colliton Club, site of the third box. You could take a rest on a friendly looking

bench. Point C

2. Retrace your steps to the church and find Dorset County Museum next door; dig around for

the second information box! Point B

1. Start at No. 6 Restaurant, North Square (to get here from St Peter’s Church on High West

St. turn left before the Corn Exchange, and head down towards the river). You might find a

garden of treasure here! Point A

DIRECTIONSNOTE: For the ease of those participating, this trail reflects the direction of walking and not the chronological order of the narrative.

Take a look at this map to give you an idea of where all our boxes are located: