Tarrant Rawston, Dorset Family History Guide
Tarrant Rawston is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1760
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
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.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
TARRANT-RAWSTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Blandford, hundred of Pimperne, Blandford division of Dorset, 4 miles (E. by N.) from Blandford; containing 64 inhabitants. It is situated on the river Tarrant, and comprises by admeasurement an area of 696 acres. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king’s books at £8. 9. 2., and in the gift of Sir J. W. Smith, Bart.: the tithes have been commuted for £90, and the glebe comprises 33 acres.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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Census
Census returns for Tarrant-Rawston, 1841-1891
Church Records
Administration
- County: Dorset
- Civil Registration District: Blandford
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Pimperne
- Poor Law Union: Blandford
- Hundred: Pimperne
- Province: Canterbury