Tarrant Rawston

Hamlet in Dorset, England

Human settlement in England

North Dorset

Dorset

Region

South West

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townBLANDFORD FORUMPostcode districtDT11PoliceDorsetFire 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 / 50.859; -2.088

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.