North Poorton

North Poorton is a hamlet and Civil [parishes in England|civil parish] in Dorset, England, situated in the Dorset unitary authority area about northeast of Bridport. Dorset [County Council] estimate the parish had a population of 20 in 2013.
The old parish church of St Peter is a ruin, with walls remaining to about high. Just to the south is the new church, which is dedicated to St Mary Magdalene and was built in 1861–62 to a design by John Hicks. About NW of the churches is a hill-fort that covers about.