Tarrant Hinton

	Tarrant Hinton is most famous nowadays for the Great Dorset Steam Fair; about 5 miles north of Blanford on the main road to Salisbury, Tarrant Hinton no longer has a village pub, shop or Post Office. The church dedicated to St Mary is in the Old English style with an Easter Sepulchre dating to the reign of Henry VII and a font and piscina of a Norman date. The church was restored in 1891and the registers date from 1545. Left: St Mary's, Tarrant Hinton (Courtesy Jan Hibberd ©2010-2016)
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Census	1841 Census [Julie Browning] 1851 Census 1861 Census [Royston Clarke] 1871 Census [Christel Muncaster] 1881 Census [Lynda Small] 1891 Census [John Ridout] 1901 Census 1911 Census
Church Data	Baptisms 1545 -1699 & 1700-1812 Marriages & Banns 1545-1812 Burials 1545-1812
Directories	Kelly's Directories 1855, 1867, 1875, 1880, 1895, 1935 Post Office Directory 1855, 1859, 1889, 1911, 1915
Other Records	Protestation Returns 1641
Photographs	For Photographs of Tarrant Crawford, Hinton and Keynston.
Monumental Inscriptions	St Mary's Monumental Inscription index [Jan Hibberd]
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Records held at the Dorset History Centre [Ref PE-TTH]	Registers Christenings 1545-1548, 1585-1600, 1622-1718, 1729-1964. Marriages 1546-1548/9, 1613-1714, 1730-1992. Burials 1546-7, 1585-1617, 1672-1687, 1783-1993
Registration District (for the purpose of civil registration births, marriages & deaths)	1 Jul 1837-30 Jun 1956: Blandford 1 Jul 1956-31 Mar 1974: Poole 1 Apr 1974-17 Oct 2005: North Dorset

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