Hanford is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the unitary authority area of

Dorset Dorset ( ; Archaism, archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, t ...

, in the English ceremonial county of

. The parish had 154 inhabitants in 2001.Neighbourhood Statistics
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Populated places in Dorset Civil parishes in Dorset North Dorset District {{Dorset-geo-stub