HERMITAGE, a parish, and detached portion
of the liberty of FORDINGTON, situated between the
divisions of Cerne and Sherborne, in the Dorchester division
of the county of DORSET, 7 miles (S. by E.) from
Sherborne, containing 143 inhabitants. The living is
a vicarage not in charge, with the rectory of Ryme-
Intrinsica, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean of
Sarum, and in the patronage of the Crown. The church
is dedicated to St. Mary.