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SYSTON. 606 TADCASTER. The village is situated on the river Wreak. The living is a cur. annexed to the vie. of Melton-Mowbray, in the dioc. of Peterborough. Lord Dysart is lord of the manor. SYSTON, a par. and small town in the hund. of East Goscote, co. Leicester, 4J miles N.E. of Leicester, its post town, and 5 S.E. of Barrow-on-Soar. It is a station on the Midland Counties railway. The village is situated on the ancient Fosse Way and Grand Junction canal, near the junction of the Soar and Wreak navigations. In the village are a needle factory and malt works, but the chief occupation of the inhabitants is in framework knitting. The streets are lighted with gas. There are excellent gypsum and lime works, and plaster of Paris is made. The Belvoir hounds meet in this parish. Part of the laud is in rich meadow. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 115, in the patron, of the University of Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, has a tower containing a clock and six bells. Tt formerly had a chantry. The parochial charities produce about 40 per annum, of which the greater portion goes towards church repairs. There are a grammar school, also National, infant, and Sunday schools. The Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and Particular Baptists have chapels. The Earl of Stamford is lord of the manor. SYSTON, a par. in the wap. of Winnibriggs, parts of Kesteven, co. Lincoln, 3 miles N.E. of Grantham, its post town. The ancient Ermine Street bounds the parish on the E. The burial-ground, with the distant woods of Jericho, are celebrated by Sir Walter Scott, under the name of Willingham, in his " Heart of Mid-Lothian." The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 83. The church is dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin. The chancel contains a painting figuring the Adoration of the Shepherds, the gift of Sir John Hayford Thorold, Bart. There are monuments of the Thorold family. The parochial charities produce about !(> per annum. There is a free school for about 50 children, endowed with an annuity of 30 by Margaret Lady Thorold in 1717. The principal residence is Syston Hall, celebrated for its library. Sir J. C. Thorold, Bart., is lord of the manor. SYWELL, a par. in the hund. of Hamfordshoe, co. Northampton, 5 miles W. of Wellingborough, its post town, and 6 N.E. of Northampton. The par. includes the ext. par. place of Sywell Bray Lodge, and is traversed by the road from Northampton to Lincoln. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 492. The church, dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul, has an ivy- covered tower. The parochial charities produce about 2 per annum. There is a school for infants. TA, a lough near Broadway, co. Wexford, Ireland, 1 mile W. of Carnsore Point. It is about 3 miles in cir- cumference, and contains Inish and Lady's islands, and the ruins of a castle. TAASKER, an islet on the coast of co. Argyle, Scot- land, on the southern side of Islay. TABLE MO UNTAIN, a lofty peak in co. Wicklow, Ireland, 6 miles E. of Donard. It attains an elevation of 2,302 feet above sea-level. TABLEY, INFERIOR, a tnshp. in the par. of Great Budworth, hund. of Bucklow, co. Chester, 2 miles S.W. of Knutsford, its post town. It is a small agricultural village, situated on the road leading from Northwich to Altrincham. The manor belonged to the family of Leicester prior to 1276, and in July, 1826, Sir J. F. Leicester, Bart., was created Baron Leicester, of Tabley. The_old hall, now in ruins, is situated on an island, with a bridge connecting it to the grounds, and adjoining is a chapel, built at the expense of Lord De Tabley. A short_distance from the old hall stands Tabloy Hall, a building of red brick with stone dressings. The park, which is extensive and well-timbered, contains several lakes. A free school was erected in 1SSG by the above- mentioned nobleman, who is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The parochial charities produce about 1 per annum. TABLEY, SUPERIOR, a tnshp. in the par. of Ros- therne, hund. of Bucklow, co. Chester, 2 miles N.W. of Knutsford, its post town, and 6J N.E. of Northwich. It is situated on the turnpike road leading from Altrincham to Chester. The soil is of a clayey and sandy nature, with a subsoil of marl. Cheese of excellent quality is made here. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Chester, val. 100. The church, dedicated to St. Paul, is a stone edifice containing one bell. It was built in 1855, but having been burnt down, was again rebuilt in 1856, and endowed by T. J. L. Brooke, Esq., of Mere Hall. The parochial charities produce about 3 per annum. A Sunday-school is held in the church. Over Tabley Hall, Tabley Villa, and Yew-Tree House, are the principal residences. Lord De Tabley and T. J. L. Brooke, Esq., are lords of the manor. TACHBROOK, BISHOP'S. See BISHOP'S TACII- iiROOK, co. Warwick. TACHBROOK-MALLORY, a limit, in the par. of Bishop's Tachbrook, Kenilworth div. of Knightlow hund., co. Warwick, 3J miles S.E. of Warwick. It is situated on a branch of the river Avon, and is a meet for the Warwickshire hounds. TACHBYAN, a hmlt. in the par. of Llandilo-fawr, CO. Carmarthen, near Llandilo-fawr. TACKLEY, a par. in the hund. of Wootton, co. Oxford, 3 miles N.E. of Woodstock, its post town, and 9 from Oxford. The village is on the Oxford canal and the river Cherwell. The par. includes the hmlt. of Nethercote, and belonged to the Nowers and Aylworths. A peculiar sort of earth used for flooring barns and cottages abounds. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 742, in the patron, of St. John's College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is a cruciform structure with a square tower. The parochial charities produce about 1 per annum. The Wesleyans have a chapel, and there is a National school for both sexes. The Roman way Akemau Street passes through the parish, and separates the two manors of the Duke of Marlborough and Sir H. Dashwood, Bart. TACOLNESTONE, a par. in the hund. of Depwade, co. Norfolk, 5 miles S.E. of Wymondham, its post town, and 3 N.E. of Forncett railway station. The village is situated on the road from New Buekenham to Norwich. Edward I. granted to John de Uvedale a market to be held on Wednesday and two annual fairs, all of which have long since fallen into disuse. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Norwich, val. 498. The church is large, and dedicated to All Saints. It contains monuments to the Knife and Gobbet families. The parochial cha- rities produce about 20 per annum, of which 5 go to Knife's almshouses. There is a National school. John Tacesphalus, prior of the Carmelite friary at Norwich, who wrote against the Lollards, was born in this parish. TACCJMSHIN, a par. in the bar. of Forth, co. Wex- ford, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 3 miles S.E. of Killinick. Broadway is its post town. It is situated on Lough Tacumshin and Lady's Island Lake. Sea-weed is .used for manure. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Ferns, val. with others, 789, in the patron, of the bishop. The church is now a ruin. Here are a paro- chial school and a coast-guard station. Bennetstown is the chief residence. There is a very extensive fishery, and immense flocks of sea-fowl frequent the coast. TADCASTER, a par. and market town partly in the upper div. of Barkstone Ash wap., West Riding co. York, and partly in York Ainsty, 9 miles S.W. of York, and 4J N.W. of Church Fenton station. It is a station on the Harrogate section of the North-Eastern railway. It is situated on both banks of the river Wharfe, which is navigable for vessels of 50 tons, and is crossed by a stone bridge of nine arches, built out of the ruins of the old castle, which stood on a hill to the N.W. of the town. The par. comprises the tnshps. of East and West Tadcaster, Stutton-cum-Hazlewood, Cat-