Tarrant Rawston

Tarrant Rawston
Tarrant Rawston
	Former parish church of St Mary
	Tarrant Rawston Location within Dorset
Population	40
OS grid reference	ST939065
District	North Dorset;
Shire county	Dorset;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BLANDFORD FORUM
Postcode district	DT11
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	North Dorset;
	List of places UK England Dorset 50°51′32″N 2°05′17″W / 50.859°N 2.088°W

Tarrant Rawston is a hamlet and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is named after the River Tarrant which flows through the parish. It has a small church, built of flint and stone,^[1] which is situated within the garden of the neighbouring farmhouse.^[2] Surrounding the village are many pre-historic barrows. In 2013 the civil parish had an estimated population of 40.^[3]

References

^ The Buildings of England by John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner. Page 419. Published by Penguin Books 1972. Reprint 1975. ISBN 0-14-071044-2
^ Ralph Wightman (1983). Portrait of Dorset (4 ed.). Robert Hale Ltd. p. 120. ISBN 0 7090 0844 9.
^ "Parish Population Data". Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

External links

Media related to Tarrant Rawston at Wikimedia Commons

This Dorset location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] The Buildings of England by John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner. Page 419. Published by Penguin Books 1972. Reprint 1975. ISBN 0-14-071044-2

[2] Ralph Wightman (1983). Portrait of Dorset (4 ed.). Robert Hale Ltd. p. 120. ISBN 0 7090 0844 9.

[3] "Parish Population Data". Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[1]

[2]

[3]