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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tarrant Keynston like this:
TARRANT-KEYNSTON, a parish in Blandford district, Dorset; 2 miles NE of Spetisbury r. station, and 3 ESE of Blandford. Post town, Blandford. Acres, 1,962. Real property, £2,190. Pop., 309. Houses, 73. Most of the property is in one estate. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £394.* Patron, the Rev. J. Ansten. The church is good.
Tarrant Keynston 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 Keynston itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Tarrant Keynston in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13965
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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