Tarrant Keyneston

	Tarrant Keyneston is a small parish on the main road from Blandford to Wimborne; 3 1/2 miles south-west of Blandford and 5 miles north-east of Wimborne, the first part of its name is derived from the small river in the banks of which the village lies. The second part of the name is derived from the family name of the Norman lords of the manor in the 12th century - De Cahaigne, the name later became Anglicised to Kaynes. The church of All Saints was mostly rebuilt in 1863 with the exception of the medieval church tower containing its tenor bell. The church is unusual in that it is aligned south-east to north-west rather than the more usual east to west alignment.
The OPC for Tarrant Keyneston is Julie Browning
Census	The following census are online 1841 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census
Directories	Post Office Directory 1855 1859 Kelly's Directory 1889 1895 1911 1917
Church Data	Rectors 1317 to 1856 Memorial Inscriptions inside the church. Complete list of names from the Monumental Inscriptions in the churchyard
Poll Book	Entries from the 1807 Poll Book
Photographs	For Photographs of Tarrant Crawford, Hinton and Keynston.
Maps	The 1891 Ordnance Survey maps of the parish can be seen at the old-maps site, just enter 'Tarrant Keyneston' under place search.
Links	Further historical information and photos of the village are available on the Parish Council’s informative website www.southtarrants.co.uk