Hilfield
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Hilfield is a small, scattered village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, situated under the scarp face of the Dorset Downs Template:Convert south of Sherborne. Dorset County Council's 2013 estimate of the parish population is 50.<ref name=dcc/>
Hilfield parish church, dedicated to St Nicholas, has late 13th- or early 14th-century origins, though the present building dates from the 15th century and was substantially altered in 1848.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It has wooden parquet flooring, notable carved bench ends—possibly moved from Cerne Abbey<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and thought to be Flemish but of unknown age—and the pulpit and seating have 16th-century panelling. It is one of the smallest English parish churches.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Hilfield Friary is a faith-based community centred on Franciscan brothers of the Anglican Society of St Francis. The Hilfield community is made up of Franciscan Brothers and others who join them; the community encourages environmental sustainability within the Franciscan ethos of peace, faith and justice.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>