Hermitage, Dorset
Village in Dorset, England
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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]
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
- ^ a b "Parish Population Data". Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ^ a b Roland Gant (1980). Dorset Villages. Robert Hale Ltd. p. 71. ISBN 0 7091 8135 3.
- ^ West Dorset, Holiday and Tourist Guide. West Dorset District Council. c. 1983. p. 10.
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