Nick Harrison on Flickr Thomas Hardy, O.M. was born in the adjacent cottage 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 Higher Bockhampton, Dorchester 1 Jan 1931 by American Friends in 1931 Colour: stone Wikimedia: Flickr: How to add yours Elliott Brown on Flickr Nick Harrison on Flickr Nick Harrison on Flickr Elliott Brown on Flickr Nick Harrison on Flickr Google Streetview OpenStreetMap See also... Spudgun67 on Flickr Elliott Brown on Flickr Megalit on Wikimedia Commons Elliott Brown on Flickr Elliott Brown on Flickr Graham Tiller on Flickr Thameside-Maproom on Wikimedia Commons The Chequers Hotel. The Chequers Hotel is featured in Thomas Hardy's novel "Jude the Ob...