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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tarrant Gunville like this:
TARRANT-GUNVILLE, a parish, with three tythings, in Blandford district, Dorset; 5 miles NE by N of Blandford r. station. Post town, Blandford. Acres, 3,425. Real property, £2,460. Pop., 441. Houses, 101. The property is divided between two. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £448.* Patron, University College, Oxford. The church is good.
Tarrant Gunville is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Tarrant Gunville itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Tarrant Gunville in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13960
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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