TARRANT-RAWSTON, a parish in the hundred of PIMPERNE, Blandford (North) division of the county of DORSET, 4 miles (E. by N.) from Blandford-Forum, containing 58 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in the king's books at £8. 9. 2., and inthe patronage of Sir J.W. Smith, Bart. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The small river Tarrent runs through this parish, and that of Tarrant-Rushton.