The Tarrant Parishes

Photograph above of Tarrant Hinton, courtesy of  Lorraine Phillips, more below.  Photograph of Tarrant Keynston below right, courtesy of Michael Day, more details on his web site.

The Tarrant is a tributary of the River Stour, it springs from the base of Cranborne Chase and just above it source is the village of Tarrant Gunville, as the stream flows south east you come to Tarrant Hinton, Tarrant Launceston and Tarrant Monkton. Shortly after Monkton the stream turns and heads south west towards the Stour. It passes the villages of Tarrant Rawston and Tarrant Rushton, then Tarrant Keynston. Tarrant Crawford is the most southerly village along its route, situated close to the Stour.

The parishes are small ranging in area from 543 acres (Crawford) to 3431 acres (Gunville). The soil tends to be chalky and the main crops used to be wheat, barley and oats. The population in 1891 was as follows: Crawford 41, Gunville 369, Hinton 213, Keynston 260, Launceston 61, Monkton 219, Rawston 49, and Rushton 177 persons.  There used to be schools in Hinton, Keynston, Monkton and Rushton.

We have OPCs for five of the Tarrants

Most of the Bishops Transcripts have been kindly donated by Christine Crawford. Many of the census transcripts courtesy of Royston Clarke.

If you would be interested in increasing this data or being the OPC for one of the vacant parishes, please contact the Co-ordinater. [Link on the OPC Page]