Tarrant Monktonwith Tarrant Launceston |
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Tarrant Monkton and its former chapelry of
Tarrant Launceston are situated on the banks of the River Tarrant within the Cranborne Chase officially designated 'Area of Natural Beauty' ~4 miles East-North-East of Blandford Forum. They are separated from each other by a ford, affectionately known as
The Splash (below), which is traversed by one of Dorset's three remaining medieval pack-horse bridges (the other two being at Fifehead Neville and Rampisham).
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'Launceston' has a similar meaning, with the owner of the 'tun' in this case being either a man called Leofwine or a family by the name of Lowin. The manorial affix transformed from Loueweniston in the time of Edward I, to Lanston in the 17th century and finally to Launceston by the 19th century. However, it too was owned by the Church after the Norman Conquest, having been gifted to a nunnery at Caen founded by the Conqueror's wife, Queen Maud.
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Census |
1841 Census T Monkton [Kim Parker] T Launceston [Julie Browning] 1851 Census T Monkton [Kim Parker] T Launceston [Kim Parker] 1861 Census T Monkton [Royston Clarke] T Launceston [Royston Clarke] 1871 Census T Monkton [Christel Muncaster] T Launceston [Christel Muncaster] 1891 Census T Monkton [John Ridout] T Launceston [John Ridout] |
Parish Registers |
Baptisms 1567-1812 [PR/BT] [Kim
Parker] Marriages 1567-1850 [PR/BT] [Kim Parker] Burials 1567-1812 [PR/BT], 1813-1992 [Kim Parker] |
Bishops Transcripts | Tarrant Monkton Burials 1785-1837 [Tony Higgins] |
Trade & Postal Directories |
Tarrant Monkton 1855, 1859, 1889, 1895, 1911, 1915 Tarrant Launceston 1855, 1859, 1889, 1895, 1911, 1915 |
Other Records |
Tarrant Monkton Protestation Returns 1641 Tarrant LauncestonProtestation Returns 1641 Clergy of All Saints 1310-1999 |
Photographs | Photographs of Tarrant Monkton |
Monumental Inscriptions | Tarrant Monkton War Memorial/Roll of Honour |
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Records held at the Dorset History Centre |
Registers Christenings 1565-1610, 1618-24, 1630-35, 1692-1783, 1813-1926. Marriages 1565-1609, 1619-22, 1630-33, 1692-1752, 1784-1836, 1838-1992. Burials 1566-1610, 1619-24, 1630-34, 1697-1783, 1813-1992. |
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