HOOKE, a parish in the hundred of EGGERTON,
Bridport division of the county of DORSET, 4 miles
(E. by S.) from Beaminster, containing 234 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in the king's
books at £9.18. 10., and in the patronage of the Dowager
Countess of Sandwich and the Marquis of Cleveland.
The church is dedicated to St. Giles.