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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tarrant Launceston like this:
TARRANT-LAUNCESTON, a parish in Blandford district, Dorset; 4 miles NE of Blandford r. station. Post town, Blandford. Acres, with T.-Monckton, 3,818. Real property of T.-L. alone, £1,188. Pop., 107. Houses, 20. The living is annexed to T.-Monckton.
Tarrant Launceston 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 Launceston itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Tarrant Launceston in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13966
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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