He left his heart & the remains of 2 wives "Far From The Madding Crowd" at Stinsford Church near Dorchester
He wrote Far from the Madding Crowd both in and out of 
doors at ... His heart was buried next to his first wife in a separate vault in the 
parish... [DOC] [TLE] Thomas Hardy facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] Hardy was born on June 2, 1840, in Higher Bockhampton in Dorset, which 
formed ... Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), also serialized, was a success ... 
With his wife he traveled in Germany, France, and Italy; he built Max Gate near ... 
His heart was buried in the churchyard at Stinsford, his ashes in Westminster 
Abbey.