Hermitage, Dorset

Hermitage is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of the Dorset Downs, 6 miles (9.7 km) south of the town of Sherborne. Dorset County Council's latest (2013) estimate of the parish population is 70.^[1]

Hermitage
Parish church of St Mary
Hermitage Location within Dorset
Population	70 [1]
OS grid reference	ST647069
Unitary authority	Dorset
Shire county	Dorset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
List of places UK England Dorset 50.859°N 2.504°W / 50.859; -2.504

Augustinian monks once had a hermitage here (also known as the Blackmoor Priory Hermitage), whence the name of the village,^[2] but they abandoned the site in the 14th or 15th century.^[2][3] The Lady's Well which they used still remains, on the edge of woodland a short distance from the village.

Notes

1. "Parish Population Data". Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
2. Roland Gant (1980). Dorset Villages. Robert Hale Ltd. p. 71. ISBN 0 7091 8135 3.
3. West Dorset, Holiday and Tourist Guide. West Dorset District Council. c. 1983. p. 10.

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