Beer Hackett is a small village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, situated 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Sherborne and 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Yeovil. The civil parish includes the small settlement of Knighton to the east. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of the civil parish is 100.[1]

Beer Hackett
Church Farm, Beer Hackett
Beer Hackett is located in Dorset
Beer Hackett
Beer Hackett
Location within Dorset
Population100 [1]
OS grid referenceST600118
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSherborne
Postcode districtDT9
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Dorset
50°54′16″N 2°34′17″W / 50.9044°N 2.5714°W / 50.9044; -2.5714

Beer Hackett was not recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086.[2] The nave and west tower of the parish church were originally built in the early 15th century, though the whole building was radically restored in the 19th century.[3]

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  1. ^ a b "Parish Population Data". Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  2. ^ Darby, H; Versey, G (2008). Domesday Gazetteer. Cambridge University Press. p. 116. ISBN 9780521078580. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  3. ^ "'Beer Hackett', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 1, West (London, 1952), pp. 27-28". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
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