Tarrant Monkton
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Tarrant Monkton is a village in north Dorset
, England
, situated in the Tarrant Valley five miles east of Blandford Forum. Within the parish boundary, sited 1.5 miles over hills to the west, lies Blandford Camp army base. The parish as a whole, including the army base, had a population of 2,370 as of 2001. The village itself is centred around the Ancient All Saints Parish Church, opposite which is the Public House and Restaurant, the Langton Arms. The church is built of flint and stone and dates from the 14th century, but was re-roofed in the 19th century.
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, situated in the Tarrant Valley five miles east of Blandford Forum. Within the parish boundary, sited 1.5 miles over hills to the west, lies Blandford Camp army base. The parish as a whole, including the army base, had a population of 2,370 as of 2001. The village itself is centred around the Ancient All Saints Parish Church, opposite which is the Public House and Restaurant, the Langton Arms. The church is built of flint and stone and dates from the 14th century, but was re-roofed in the 19th century.