Hawkchurch is village and civil parish in Devon, England, 3 miles north east of Axminster on the border of Devon and Dorset, and about 6 miles south of Somerset. It is 4 miles north of the tourist and fishing village of Lyme Regis. The parish was in Dorset until 1896. The parish church of St. John the Baptist dates from Saxon times, however, the building was heavily restored in 1862. In 1878 the Rev. John Going became rector to the parish and planted rose trees on the walls of every cottage, which gave Hawkchurch its title "The Village of Roses".