Tarrant Abbey
Tarrant Abbey was a Cistercian nunnery in Tarrant Crawford, Dorset, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Historical site
- Description: abbey in Tarrant Crawford, Dorset, UK
- Also known as: “Tarrant Keynston abbey”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Mary the Virgin, Tarrant Crawford and All Saints’ Church, Tarrant Keyneston.
St Mary the Virgin, Tarrant Crawford
Church
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The Church of St Mary the Virgin in Tarrant Crawford, Dorset, England, was built in the 12th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
All Saints’ Church, Tarrant Keyneston
Church
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All Saints' Church is a Church of England parish church in Tarrant Keyneston, Dorset, England. Most of the church dates to a rebuild of 1852–53, but the tower is 15th-century. The church is a Grade II* listed building. All Saints’ Church, Tarrant Keyneston is situated 2,100 feet north of Tarrant Abbey.
Buzbury Rings
Archaeological site
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Buzbury Rings is an Iron Age hillfort about 2 miles east of Blandford Forum and 1 mile northwest of the village of Tarrant Keyneston, in Dorset, England. It is a scheduled monument. Buzbury Rings is situated 1½ miles north of Tarrant Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spetisbury and Charlton Marshall.
Spetisbury
Village
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Spetisbury is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour and the A350, four miles southeast of Blandford Forum. According to the Domesday Book of 1086, the village had 30 households.
Charlton Marshall
Village
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Charlton Marshall is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It lies within the Dorset administrative district, on the A350 road 2 miles south of the market town of Blandford Forum.
Tarrant Rushton
Village
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Tarrant Rushton is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. The village is situated in the Tarrant Valley about three miles east of Blandford Forum. Tarrant Rushton is situated 1½ miles northeast of Tarrant Abbey.
Tarrant Abbey
- Categories: abbey, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Tarrant Crawford, North Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Tarrant Abbey” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “塔蘭特·克勞福德”
- German: “Zisterzienserinnenabtei Tarrant”
- Hebrew: “מנזר טאראנט”
- Russian: “Монастырь Таррант”
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