It lies to the west of the A350 primary route, about 3+1⁄4 miles (5 km) north of Shaftesbury, Dorset.

In the 12th century, and possibly the 11th, the lands which became Sedgehill parish were part of the estates of Shaftesbury Abbey.

[1] After the Dissolution, Sedgehill manor was bought by Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle (c. 1502 – 1552) and then in 1573 by William Grove (died 1582) who was briefly MP for Shaftesbury.

[5] In 1395 it became a chapelry of the church at Berwick St Leonard, which was connected with Shaftesbury Abbey.

[1] This pertained until 1914, when Sedgehill was made a parish and supplemented with 318 acres transferred from East Knoyle.