Tamerton-Folliott (St. Mary)
TAMERTON-FOLLIOTT (St. Mary), a parish, in
the union of Plympton St. Mary, hundred of Roborough, Midland-Roborough and S. divisions of Devon, 5 miles (N. by W.) from Plymouth; containing
1214 inhabitants. This place, which is supposed by
Camden to be the ancient Tamara, is delightfully situated on a creek of the river Tamar, and is inhabited by
several respectable families. Warlegh House, a venerable mansion with a fine hall, has been the residence of
the lords of the manor, from the reign of King Stephen;
and the heronry, still existing as an appendage to the
establishment, is among the indications of its former
splendour. Maristow, the property of Sir Ralph Lopes,
Bart., whose uncle, in 1789, had the honour of entertaining here George III. and three of the princesses, is a noble
mansion with a chapel attached, in which divine service is
regularly performed; the domain is extensive, and enriched with pleasingly diversified scenery. The parish
comprises 4090 acres, of which 287 are common or
waste. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's
books at £12. 7. 8½., and in the patronage of the
Crown; impropriators, G. Leach, Esq., and others. The
great tithes have been commuted for £134, and the vicarial for £338. 10.; there is a vicarage-house, and the
glebe contains 5 acres. The church has a remarkably
fine tower, and among several handsome memorials of
the Copleston, Bampfylde, and Radcliffe families, contains an ancient altar-tomb with the figures of an armed
knight and his lady, supposed to represent Sir Ralph de
Gorges and Ellen Folliott his wife. A free school was
founded, and liberally endowed with land and money
by Mary Deane, in 1734; the income is about £120 a
year.
Tamerton, North (St. Denis)
TAMERTON, NORTH (St. Denis), a parish, in
the union of Holsworthy, hundred of Stratton. E.
division of Cornwall, 5 miles (S. S. W.) from Holsworthy; containing 589 inhabitants. It comprises 4775
acres, of which 450 are common or waste. The surface
is in general hilly; the soil, though various, is for the
most part a poor clayey earth. The river Tamar and
the Bude canal run through the parish, parallel with
each other, from north to south. The living is a donative curacy; net income, £230; patrons, R. P. Coffin,
Esq., and the Cowlard family: the glebe contains about
20 acres. There is a dilapidated chapel at Hornacot.
Tamhorn
TAMHORN, an extra-parochial place adjacent to
the parish of Whittington, in the union of Lichfield, N. division of the hundred of Offlow and of
the county of Stafford, 3 miles (N. W. by N.) from
Tamworth; containing 5 inhabitants. The Birmingham and Fazeley canal passes in the vicinity, and on the
east flows the river Tame. The estate comprises a wood
of 108 acres, and a farm of 505 acres; and is the property of Sir Robert Peel, who in the year 1827 purchased
it from Lord George Cavendish.
Tamworth (St. Edith)
TAMWORTH (St.
Edith), a borough, markettown, and parish, and the
head of a union, partly in
the N., and partly in the S.,
division of the hundred of
Offlow, S. division of the
county of Stafford; and
partly in the Tamworth division of the hundred of Hemlingford, N. division of the
county of Warwick; containing 7746 inhabitants, of
whom 3789 are in the old borough, 24 miles (S. E. by E.)
from Stafford, 28 (N. by W.) from Warwick, and 108
(N. W. by N.) from London. This town, which is considered the most ancient in the county of Stafford,
derives its name from the river Tame, and from Waert
or Worthidge, a water farm. It was the site of a Mercian fortification and royal residence, and was the seat
of government under Offa, Cenwulf, Beornwulf, and
others, at which period it had also a mint. Having been
nearly destroyed by the Danes, it was rebuilt early in
the 10th century, by Etbelfleda, daughter of Alfred the
Great, who also erected a castle for its defence, which
was for ages the seat of the lords of Tamworth, and was
recently repaired as a private residence, though it is
now uninhabited: the ancient fosse that surrounded the
town, called the King's Dyke, is still visible.
Corporation Seal.
The town is about equally divided between the counties of Stafford and Warwick, though commonly considered a Staffordshire place: it consists of good streets,
and is situated near the confluence of the rivers Tame
and Anker, which are crossed by bridges about a mile
distant from the Coventry canal. The manufacture of
paper and tape affords employment to several persons;
and many others are engaged in raising fruit and vegetables: veins of coal are worked in the vicinity, and
bricks and tiles of great durability are made from a clay
which abounds in the district. Here is a station on the
Birmingham and Derby railway: the highest embankment on the line, elevated 30 feet above the level of the
surrounding country, is situated to the south of the
town; and between Tamworth and Kingsbury the railway crosses the river Anker, by a beautiful viaduct of
18 arches of 30 feet span, and one oblique arch of 60
feet, the whole erected at a cost of £18,000. The first
sod of the Trent-Valley railway was raised by Sir Robert
Peel, Bart., M. P. for the borough, in November 1845,
about half a mile from the town; the line was privately
opened June 26th, 1847, when a grand banquet was given
at Tamworth. In the town is a permanent library,
under the direction of a committee; and a reading-room,
with a collection of books, was established under the
auspices of Sir Robert Peel, in 1841. The market is on
Saturday; fairs are held by charter on May 4th, July
26th, and October 24th, for cattle and merchandise, and
there are five new fairs for the sale of cattle only. Till
the passing of the Municipal act, the town was governed
under a charter granted by Charles II. upon the surrender of one which had been conferred by Elizabeth.
The government is now vested in a mayor, four aldermen, and twelve councillors; the mayor and late mayor
are justices of the peace, and the total number of magistrates is four, but the county justices have concurrent
jurisdiction. The borough returns two members to
parliament. The elective franchise was extended in
1832, to the £10 householders of the entire parish,
which was made to constitute the new borough, comprising an area of 11,000 acres, of which 4649 are in
Warwickshire; the old boundaries included only 83
acres: the mayor is returning officer. The corporation
hold courts leet and baron; and petty-sessions for the
borough take place every alternate Wednesday. The
powers of the county debt-court of Tamworth, established in 1847, extend over the registration-district of
Tamworth. The town-hall is a handsome building in
the market place.
The parish comprises the townships of Syerscote and
Fazeley, and the chapelry of Wigginton, in the county
of Stafford; and the townships of Amington with StonyDelph, and Bolehall with Glascote, the liberty of the
Castle, and the hamlet of Wilnecote with Dosthill, in
the county of Warwick. The living is a vicarage; net
income, £170; patron, Admiral A'Court Repington.
The church, situated in the county of Stafford, is spacious and handsome, with a fine tower, in which are two
remarkable spiral staircases communicating with separate floors, their entrances being within and without the
church, respectively. Beneath the edifice is a crypt, 33
yards long, filled with human bones. The building combines the decorated and later English styles, and has
two Norman arches; the roof is of very fine carved oak.
The church was formerly collegiate, and occupies the
site of an ancient monastery: the foundation of the
college, which consisted of a dean and six prebendaries,
is uncertain, but is attributed, with the greatest probability, to the Marmions, who were owners of the
castle. Queen Elizabeth broke up the deanery, and
sold the land. Some tessellated pavement, now placed
in front of the communion-table, was discovered a few
years since, when the church was undergoing repair. At
Fazeley, Wigginton, and Wilnecote, are separate incumbencies. There are places of worship for Baptists, the
Society of Friends, Independents, and Wesleyans; and
a Roman Catholic chapel.
The free grammar school was refounded in the reign
of Edward VI., and a stipend of £10. 13. 2¼. was confirmed to the master from the revenues of the crown:
in the reign of Elizabeth the town bailiffs were incorporated governors, and in 1677 the schoolroom was rebuilt. The revenue has been increased by various benefactors, and now amounts to £33. 11. Boys from the
school are eligible to a scholarship at Catherine Hall,
Cambridge, established by Mr. Frankland; and a native
of the town to a fellowship in St. John's College, Cambridge, on the foundation of Mr. Bailey. A school was
endowed with the interest of £6000 by the late Sir
Robert Peel; and anew school-house, in the Elizabethan
style, has been built by the present baronet: about 80
boys are clothed and educated. A free school for twelve
boys and ten girls has an income of £20 per annum,
partially arising from a bequest. In 1686, the Rev.
John Rawlett bequeathed land and houses for teaching
and apprenticing children; and there is an almshouse
for fourteen men and women, endowed in 1678 by
Thomas Guy, founder of Guy's Hospital, London, who
represented the borough in seven parliaments, and in
1701 rebuilt the town-hall. The town is rich in charities
of all kinds, an account of which has been published in
a separate volume by the Commissioners of Charities.
The poor-law union of Tamworth comprises 24 parishes
or places, 11 of which are in Stafford, 10 in Warwick,
and 3 in Derby; and contains a population of 12,897.
Lord Thurlow was a representative of the borough until
his elevation to the peerage, and continued recorder until
his death. Tamworth confers the inferior title of Viscount on Earl Ferrers.
Tandridge (St. Peter)
TANDRIDGE (St. Peter), parish,in the union of
Godstone, First division of the hundred of Tandridge,
E. division of Surrey, 2 miles (E. by S.) from Godstone; containing 674 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the road from Guildford, by Godstone, to Maidstone; and the South-Eastern railway passes through it,
south of Tilbusta Hill. Towards the north and south,
the soil is clayey; in the middle, sandy. There are
some good residences. The living is a perpetual curacy;
net income, £80; patron, C. H. Turner, Esq. The
tithes have been commuted for £97. The church is an
ancient edifice, with a tower surmounted by a spire of
wood. A priory of Augustine canons, in honour of St.
James, to which Odo de Damartin was a great benefactor,
was founded in the time of Richard I., and at the Dissolution had possessions valued at £86. 7. 6. per annum.
In the grounds of the priory are the lids of two stone
coffins dug up here. In 1828 some silver and copper
coins of Julius Cæsar and other Roman emperors were
found.
Tanfield
TANFIELD, a chapelry, in the parish of Chesterle-Street, union of Lanchester, Middle division, of
Chester ward, N. division of Durham, 7 miles (S. W.)
from Gateshead; containing 3000 inhabitants. This
chapelry, which includes the lordship of Beamish and
the constablery of Lintz-Green, is bounded on the north
by the river Derwent, and comprises 6863 acres, of
which 700, chiefly arable land, are the property of the
Marquess of Bute. The common, consisting of 1040
acres, was divided under an act of parliament, in 1800.
The surface is irregularly broken into hills, and the soil
generally poor and unproductive. The substratum is
chiefly coal; and at Tanfield-Leigh, the marquess and
his partners have a colliery of excellent steam-coal, which
was opened in 1829, at a depth of 60 fathoms: it is extensively wrought, and the produce sent to Gateshead
and South Shields, where it is shipped. The South
Tanfield colliery is the property of Messrs. James Reid
and Company, of Newcastle; the coal is good, and is
shipped from the North dock at Sunderland. Tanfield
arch, a stately structure of stone, was erected by certain
of the coal-owners, at an expense of £12,000, to replace
an arch of wood constructed for facilitating the transit of
the coal wagons across a ravine; it is 130 feet in span,
and rises from abutments 9 feet high to a height of 60
feet, forming a continuation of the level road. The
village consists of houses irregularly built on the declivity of a hill sloping to the north, and near the river
Houghwell, which discharges itself into the Tyne a little
above Gateshead. The manufacture of paper is carried on
in two mills. Tanfield constituted a prebend in the collegiate church of Chester-le-Street, the dean of which was
bound to maintain a chaplain here; and at the Dissolution, some provision was made out of the small tithes
for the support of a perpetual curate. The chapel, dedicated to St. Margaret, was rebuilt by subscription, in
1749, with the exception of part of the chancel, in which
is an ancient piscina: the living is a perpetual curacy,
in the patronage of Lord Ravensworth; net income,
£140, with a glebe of two acres. The tithes, which are
held by his lordship and others, have been commuted
for £466.
Tanfield, East
TANFIELD, EAST, a township, in the parish of
Kirklington, wapentake of Hallikeld, N. riding of
York, 6½ miles (N. N. W.) from Ripon; containing 38
inhabitants. It comprises by computation 1160 acres,
and is chiefly the property of the Marquess of Ailesbury. The tithes have been commuted for £228.
Tanfield, West (St. Nicholas)
TANFIELD, WEST (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the
wapentake of Hallikeld, N. riding of York, 6½ miles
(N. W. by N.) from Ripon; containing 696 inhabitants.
The village is pleasant, and well built. The living is a
rectory, valued in the king's books at £13. 0. 5., and in
the gift of the Marquess of Ailesbury: the tithes have
been commuted for £415. 10.; there is a parsonagehouse, and the glebe comprises 63 acres. The church
is an ancient structure, containing many curious monuments: attached to it was the chantry of Maud Marmion, founded in the time of Henry III., for a master,
warden, and two brothers, to pray for the souls of Lord
and Lady Marmion. Here is a place of worship for
Wesleyans. On the bank of the river Ure, which is
crossed by a bridge at this place, are the remains of a
castle.
Tangley (St. John the Baptist)
TANGLEY (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the
union of Andover, hundred of Pastrow, Andover and
N. divisions of the county of Southampton, 5½ miles
(N. N. W.) from Andover; containing 281 inhabitants.
A fair for sheep is held on April 15th. The living is
annexed to the rectory of Faccombe: the tithes have
been commuted for £329. 12., and the glebe comprises
1½ acre. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Tangmere (St. Andrew)
TANGMERE (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union
of West Hampnett, hundred of Aldwick, rape of
Chichester, W. division of Sussex, 3 miles (E. by N.)
from Chichester; containing 225 inhabitants. It comprises 728a. 1r., of which about two thirds are arable,
and the remainder meadow. The living is a rectory,
valued in the king's books at £13. 5., and in the gift of
the Duke of Richmond: the tithes have been commuted
for £274; there is a parsonage-house, and the glebe
contains 17 acres. The church is in the early English
style, with a spire, and contains a Norman font: in the
churchyard is a venerable yew-tree, 20 feet in girth at
the height of a yard from the ground.
Tankersley (St. Peter)
TANKERSLEY (St. Peter), a parish, in the union
of Wortley, wapentake of Staincross, W. riding of
York; containing, with the chapelry of Wortley, 1802
inhabitants, of whom 812 are in Tankersley township,
5¼ miles (S.) from Barnsley. The parish is bounded on
the west by the river Don, and comprises about 8500
acres, of which 2500 are in the township of Tankersley,
and chiefly the property of Earl Fitzwilliam, who is lord
of the manor. The soil is generally fertile, and in good
cultivation. The surface is beautifully diversified with
hill and dale, and the scenery abounds with pleasing
features, of which the most interesting is the ruined
Hall, consisting of a portion of one of the wings, situated
in a spacious park well stocked with deer, and containing some of the most ancient and stately oak-timber in
the county. On an eminence in the grounds, which are
still preserved as an appendage to Wentworth, the principal seat of Earl Fitzwilliam, is a building in the
Grecian style, commanding extensive prospects; and
near it is the source of a rivulet which flows through the
demesne. Ironstone and coal are abundant in the
parish and vicinity, and a considerable number of the
population are employed in mines. The living is a
rectory, valued in the king's books at £26. 0. 2½.;
patron, the Earl: the tithes have been commuted for
£500, and the glebe consists of 90 acres. The church
is a handsome structure, with a square embattled tower,
and contains some work in the early English style. At
Wortley is a separate incumbency. The poor have an
estate producing £29 per annum.
Tannington (St. Ethelbert)
TANNINGTON (St. Ethelbert), a parish, in the
union and hundred of Hoxne, E. division of Suffolk,
4¾ miles (N. W.) from Framlingham; containing 252
inhabitants. It comprises 1602 acres, of which 88 are
common or waste. The living is a discharged vicarage,
with that of Brundish annexed, valued in the king's
books at £12. 10. 2½.; net income, £196; patron and
appropriator, the Bishop of Rochester. The vicarial
tithes of Tannington have been commuted for £83. 10.,
and the appropriate for £320.; the bishop has a glebe
of 4½ acres. The rent of the town lands, £60 per
annum, is applied to the repair of the church, and to
general purposes.
Tanshelf
TANSHELF, a township, in the parish of Pontefract, Upper division of the wapentake of Osgoldcross, W. riding of York, ¼of a mile (W. by S.) from
Pontefract; containing 502 inhabitants. This township
comprises 275 acres, and consists chiefly of neat, houses
and villas, occupied by families connected with Pontefract, to which it forms a pleasing appendage.
Tansley
TANSLEY, a hamlet, in the parish of Crich, union
of Bakewell, hundred of Wirksworth, S. division of
the county of Derby, 1½ mile (E.) from Matlock; containing 549 inhabitants. A district church has been
erected, the living of which is a perpetual curacy in the
gift of the Vicar, with a net income of £100. There is
a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Tansor (St. Mary)
TANSOR (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of
Oundle, hundred of Willybrook, N. division of the
county of Northampton, 2¼ miles (N. N. E.) from Oundle; containing 303 inhabitants. This parish, which
lies on the right bank of the river Nene, comprises
1414a. 1r. 27p.; the soil is generally light and gravelly,
and the lands are chiefly arable, with a portion of
meadow and pasture. The village is pleasantly situated,
and the surrounding scenery is enlivened with the
graceful windings of the Nene, which in some parts is
beautifully picturesque. From the higher grounds is
obtained an interesting view of Oundle, Cotterstock, and
the adjacent country, with the spire of Nassington and
the massive tower of Wood-Newton in the distance.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at
£13. 12. 11.; net income, £283; patrons, the Dean
and Chapter of Lincoln: the tithes were commuted for
land in 1777, and the glebe altogether comprises 233
acres. The church is an ancient structure, partly in the
Norman and partly in the early and later English styles,
with a low tower; it has twelve stalls of rich tabernacle
work, removed from the collegiate church of Fotheringhay, and some fine specimens of screen-work. Among
the several monuments are, a brass tablet with the effigies of John Colt, rector of the parish, of the date
1440; and a tablet of black marble to John Johnson,
master of the free school of Fotheringhay, and rector
of Tansor, who died in 1620. The principal charities
are, the Town-land charity, consisting of 16 acres of
land, the rent of which, payable half yearly, is distributed
in coal and shoes by the rector and churchwardens;
and three acres of land bequeathed by Mr. John Cave,
the rent of which is distributed in food and clothing.
Some lands in the parish of Cotterstock, producing a
rental of £20, were bequeathed by Mr. Bellamy in 1819
for apprenticing poor boys of the parishes of Oundle,
Tansor, Cotterstock, and Glapthorn.
Tantoby
TANTOBY, a hamlet, in the chapelry of Tanfield,
parish of Chester-le-Street, union of Lanchester,
Middle division of Chester ward, N. division of the
county of Durham, 9 miles (S. W.) from Gateshead.
The village is situated in an extensive coal district, and
on the southern acclivity of a hill whence a fine prospect is obtained of the surrounding country.
Tanworth (St. Mary Magdalene)
TANWORTH (St. Mary Magdalene), a parish, in
the union of Solihull, Henley division of the hundred
of Barlichway, S. division of the county of Warwick,
4 miles (N. W. by N.) from Henley-in-Arden; containing 1925 inhabitants. This parish, which is near the
road and the canal from Birmingham to Stratford,
comprises, with the liberty of Monks-Ridings, 9400
acres of land, divided among several freeholders, of
whom Edward Bolton King, Esq., is lord of the manor.
There are 4663 acres of arable, and 3890 of pasture;
the remainder of the area is composed of wood and
waste grounds. The soil on one side of the parish is
chiefly clay, and the lands are under good cultivation.
Umberslade Hall, here, the seat of Mr. King, and formerly the residence of the Lords Archer, is a handsome
mansion built in 1720 with stone from the quarry in the
parish. The village is pleasantly situated; the manufacture of wick-yarn was once carried on in it to a considerable extent. A fair for cattle and sheep is held
on the 23rd of April, and one at the end of September
for hiring servants. The living is a discharged vicarage,
valued in the king's books at £6. 13. 4., and in the
patronage of Viscount Holmesdale, who, with Mr. King,
is impropriator: the vicarial tithes have been commuted
for £500, and the impropriate for £1223. An excellent
Vicarage-house has been built by the incumbent, the
Rev. Dr. Saunders, master of the Charter-House school,
London: the glebe comprises 40 acres. The church
was originally a handsome structure in the decorated
English style, but has been greatly impaired by injudicious alterations made within the last fifty years.
A church has been erected at Salters-Street, which see;
and two schools for boys, and two for girls, are supported out of bequests producing £150 per annum, the
remainder of which is distributed to the poor. There
is a place of worship for Independents.
Taplow (St. Nicholas)
TAPLOW (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union of
Eton, hundred of Burnham, county of Buckingham,
1 mile (E. N. E.) from Maidenhead; containing 744 inhabitants. The parish is separated from the county of
Berks by the river Thames, on which is a large papermill; and the Great Western railway passes within half
a mile of the church. Cleifden, here, was the residence
of the Prince and Princess of Wales, during the infancy
of their son, afterwards George III. The mansion at
one time belonged to a member of the Hamilton family,
who fought under the Duke of Marlborough, and who,
on his return from the continent, indulged the fancy of
figuring the battle of Blenheim, by plantations of trees,
now in full vigour. The living is a rectory, valued in
the king's books at £11. 18. 9., and in the patronage of
the Crown; net income, £329. The church is a neat
structure of brick, lately erected at some distance from
the site of the old edifice, which was taken down, with
the exception of part of the chancel and part of the west
end of the nave, now forming a picturesque and interesting ruin.
Tapton
TAPTON, a township, in the parish and union of
Chesterfield, hundred of Scarsdale, N. division of
the county of Derby, 1½ mile (N. E. by E.) from Chesterfield; containing 178 inhabitants.