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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tarrant Rushton like this:
TARRANT-RUSHTON, a parish in Blandford district, Dorset; 3¾ miles E of Blandford r. station. Post town, Blandford. Acres, 1,221. Real property, £1,409. Pop., 173. Houses, 38. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £219.* Patron, Sir J. Smith, Bart. The church is good.
Tarrant Rushton 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 Rushton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Tarrant Rushton in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13973
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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