HAMMOON, a parish in the hundred of PIMPERNE,
Blandford (North) division of the county of DORSET,
7 miles (S. W. by S.) from Shaftesbury, containing
71 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the arcb-
deaconry of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in
the king's books at £7. 4. 2., and in the patronage of
the Rev. Mr. Meech. The river Stour separates this
parish from that of Manston.