Tarrant Hinton
{{Short description|Village and civil parish in Dorset, England}}
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{{Infobox UK place
| official_name= Tarrant Hinton
| country= England
| region= South West England
| static_image_name= Tarrant Hinton, the Tarrant alongside the road - geograph.org.uk - 1142676.jpg
| static_image_caption= Tarrant Hinton
| population= 160
| os_grid_reference= ST937110
| coordinates = {{coord|50.8988|-2.09|display=inline,title}}
| post_town= BLANDFORD FORUM
| postcode_area= DT
| postcode_district= DT11
| dial_code= 01258
| constituency_westminster= North Dorset
| unitary_england= Dorset
| lieutenancy_england= Dorset
}}
Tarrant Hinton is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the Tarrant Valley, approximately {{convert|5|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} northeast of Blandford Forum. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 160.
History
The village's name appears in medieval sources. In 935, King Æthelstan granted land at Tarrant Hinton to the nuns of Shaftesbury Abbey under condition that they would pray hard for the king.Studies in the Early History of Shaftesbury Abbey. Dorset County Council, 1999
Community
File:Tarrant Hinton Church - geograph.org.uk - 299821.jpg
The village no longer has a public house, shop or post office, but it has a medieval parish church and a newly rebuilt village hall. In 2001 the ecclesiastical parish of Tarrant Hinton was grouped with nine other surrounding parishes to form the Chase Benefice in the Anglican Diocese of Salisbury. There is a local church benefice newsletter published regularly called the Tarrant Times.
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File:Steam Up - geograph.org.uk - 187885.jpgs at the Great Dorset Steam Fair 2005]]
Tarrant Hinton is well known as the location of the Great Dorset Steam Fair, which is annually visited by some 200,000 people.
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Governance
Tarrant Hinton parish falls under the Dorset Council ward of Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants, and the parliamentary constituency of North Dorset. The current MP (since 2015) is Simon Hoare of the Conservative Party.
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090127062919/http://www.tarranthinton.org/ Tarrant Hinton Village website]
- [http://www.steam-fair.co.uk/ Great Dorset Steam Fair official site]
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/dorset/content/articles/2005/08/10/greatdorsetsteamfair_feature.shtml BBC Steam Fair site (2005)]
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