Tarrant Keyneston

Tarrant Keyneston is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is situated in the Tarrant Valley, five miles (eight kilometres) southeast of Blandford Forum. In the 2011 census the parish had 152 dwellings,[1] 145 households and a population of 310.[2]

Tarrant Keyneston

All Saints' Church, Tarrant Keyneston
Tarrant Keyneston
Location within Dorset
Population310 (2011)
OS grid referenceST923047
Civil parish
  • Tarrant Keyneston
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBLANDFORD FORUM
Postcode districtDT11
Dialling code01258
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament

On the hills northwest of the village are the earthworks of Buzbury Rings (or Busbury Rings), the remains of an Iron Age and Romano-British fortified encampment or settlement,[3][4][5] described by Sir Frederick Treves in 1905 as "a circle of entrenchments, composed of a stout vallum and a ditch".[5] The outer enclosure covers about 10 acres (4 hectares) and within this is an inner enclosure, covering about 3 acres (1.2 hectares), which is the location of most of the finds from the site, including Roman pottery, animal bones and daub imprinted by wattles. The site has been much damaged by ploughing and by the road between Wimborne Minster and Blandford Forum, which crosses the site.[4]

The village's parish church has a 15th-century tower, though the rest of the building was rebuilt in 1852 by Thomas Henry Wyatt.[4] The chancel of the earlier building contained an anchorite's cell.[3] The Bishop of Salisbury Richard Poore is most likely to have been buried at Tarrant Keyneston in accordance with his wishes.[6]

Almost all of Tarrant Keyneston parish is within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).[7]

References
  1. "Area: Tarrant Keyneston (Parish). Dwellings, Household Spaces and Accommodation Type, 2011 (KS401EW)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  2. "Area: Tarrant Keyneston (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  3. North Dorset District Council (c. 1982). North Dorset District Official Guide. Home Publishing Company Ltd. p. 51.
  4. "'Tarrant Keyneston', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 4, North (London, 1972), pp. 101-105". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  5. Sir Frederick Treves (1905). Highways and Byways in Dorset. Macmillan. p. 78.
  6. Hoskin, Philippa "Poor, Richard (d. 1237)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press, 2004 Online Edition. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
  7. "Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty" (PDF). ccwwdaonb.org.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2015.

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