{{Short description|Hamlet in Dorset, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name = Pilsdon | country = England | region = South West England | static_image_name = Pilsdon Manor - geograph.org.uk - 1224352.jpg | static_image_caption = Pilsdon Manor | population = 50 | population_ref = (2013 estimate) | os_grid_reference = SY415995 | coordinates = {{coord|50.7922|-2.831|display=inline,title}} | post_town = | postcode_area = | postcode_district = | dial_code = | unitary_england = [[Dorset (unitary authority)|Dorset]] | lieutenancy_england = [[Dorset]] | hide_services = true | constituency_westminster = [[West Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|West Dorset]] }}
'''Pilsdon''' is a hamlet and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[Dorset (unitary authority)|Dorset]] unitary authority area of [[Dorset]], England. [[Dorset County Council]]'s 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 50.<ref name=dcc>{{cite web|url=https://www.dorsetforyou.com/344882|title=Parish Population Data|publisher=Dorset County Council|date=20 January 2015|accessdate=21 November 2015|archive-date=2 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102112421/https://www.dorsetforyou.com/344882|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The Grade II* Pilsdon Manor House dates from the start of the 17th century.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/dorset/vol1/pp179-180 |title=An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 1, West |orig-date=1952 |year=2015 |pages=179–180 |publisher=University of London [HMSO] |accessdate=21 November 2015}}</ref> It was owned by the Wyndham family until 1958, when it became an [[Anglican]] religious community, similar in principle to the 17th-century [[Little Gidding community]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Dorset Villages |first=Roland |last=Gant |publisher=Robert Hale Ltd |pages=108–109 |year=1980 |isbn=0-7091-8135-3}}</ref> The Pilsdon Community also has a branch at [[West Malling]] in Kent.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Pilsdon at Malling Community |url=http://www.pilsdonatmalling.org.uk}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Commons category}} *[http://www.pilsdon.org.uk/ The Pilsdon Community] {{Dorset-geo-stub}} [[Category:Hamlets in Dorset]] [[Category:Civil parishes in Dorset]]