The woman's brought to life in SE Dorset town (9)

I believe the answer is:

sherborne

'dorset town' is the definition.

'the woman's brought to life in se' is the wordplay.
'the woman' becomes 'her' (pronoun for a woman).
'brought to life' becomes 'born'.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'her'+'born'='herborn'
'herborn' inserted into 'se' is 'SHERBORNE'.

(Another definition for sherborne that I've seen is " School".)

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