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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tarrant Rawston like this:
TARRANT-RAWSTON, a parish in Blandford district, Dorset; 3¼ miles E by N of Blandford r. station. Post town, Blandford. Acres, 696. Real property, £654. Pop., 53. Houses, 12. The property is divided between two. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £110. Patron, Sir, J. Smith, Bart.
Tarrant Rawston 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 Rawston itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Tarrant Rawston in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13971
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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