Hazelbury Bryans church which was built in the 14th century dominates the village that has houses that are well over 400 years old and in 1939, they were given by a Miss Violet Cross who lived in the Manor House, as homes for widows and daughters of the clergy.

The church which dedicated to St Mary and St James, has not been that well cared for, the beautiful lych gate has a crucifix carved in it by Mr R.  Parsons of Dewlish and it won an award in 1969 from the Civic Trust and it was him that also made the panelled oak vestment chests that can be seen standing at the back of the church.

Henry Spicer was another acclaimed worker in wood and he carved the lectern from black oak that were originally the piles of Emperor Hadrian's Bridge at Newcastle upon Tyne and it has been confirmed by experts that this wood must have been a tree when Jesus walked on the earth. Henry Spicer died in 1947.

The vestry has pictures of these men along with the clergy that served here and the nave has an old timbered roof.

There has not been a post office here for three years and on Friday 6th April 2001 Robert Walter Member of Parliament for North Dorset was asked to declare the new post office 'officially' open, Mrs K Leaning established a sub post office at Badgeworth House on 29th March. The nearest pub is the Antelope at Pidney.