BEER-HACKET, a parish in the hundred of SHERBORNE,
Sherborne division of the county of DORSET, 5
miles (S. W. by S.) from Sherborne, containing 78 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged rectory, within
the peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean of Salisbury, rated
in the king's books at £6. 2. 8., and in the patronage
of Sir John Munden. The church is dedicated to St.
Michael. There is an endowment for the instruction
of children.