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 through time
Tarrant Rushton is now part of North Dorset district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Dorset has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Tarrant Rushton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Tarrant Rushton in North Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13973
Date accessed: 06th November 2024
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