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TIMSBURY 662 TINTAGEL. are an endowed school for boys, and a National school for girls, including infants, and at which a Sunday- school is also held. The Wesleyans have a chapel. Ridings Hall and Pickering Lodge are the principal residences. TIMSBURY, a par. in the hund. of King's-Somhourn, co. Hants, 3 miles N. of Romsey, its railway station and post town, and 7 from Stockbridge. The village is on the Andover canal, which has a wharf here, and on the river Test. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Win- chester, val. 64. The church is dedicated to St. An- drew. There is a National school for both sexes. The Wesleyans have a chapel. TIMSBURY, a par.' in the hund. of Chew, co. Somer- set, 8 miles S.W. of Bath station and its post town, and 7 S. of Keynsham railway station. The village is on the road between Bath and Wells, and near the Somerset coal canal, which commences at the south-western ex- tremity of the parish. There are several coal-pits in the vicinity. The soil consists of rich loam, and is favour- able to the growth of elm and ash timber. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 389, in the patron, of Balliol College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, was rebuilt in 1825. There are a National school for both sexes, and a Sunday-school. The Independents, Baptists, and Wesleyans have chapels. TIMVVOOD, a hmlt. in the par. of St. Decuman, co. Somerset, 2 miles from Watchet. TIMWORTH, a par. in the hund. of Thedwestry, co. Suffolk, 4 miles N.E. of Bury St. Edmund's, its post town. The living is a rect. annexed to that of Ingham, in the dioc. of Ely. The church is dedicated to St. An- drew. The parochial eharities produce about 4 per annum. TINAHELY. See TINEHELY, co. Wicldow. TINCLETON, a par. in the hund. of Piddletown, co. Dorset, 5 miles E. of Dorset, its post town, and 3 N.E. of Moreton railway station. The village is on the river Frome. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Sarum, val. 92. The church, dedicated to St. John, was erected in 1851 near the site of the old one, and contains tombs of the Baynards of Cliff. The register dates from 1610. There is a National school, supported by C. Porcher, Esq. Cliff House is the principal resi- dence. TINDALE, an extensive district of the Tyne valley, southern div. co. Northumberland, divided into four wards East, North-East, North- West, and South, or Hexham. TINEHELY, a post and market vil. in the par. of Kilcommon, bar. of Ballinacor, co. Wicklow, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 24 miles S.W. of Wicklow, and 53 from Dublin. It is a station on the Shillelagh branch of the Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford railway. It is situated beneath the Croghan mountains, on the river Greenisland, which is here crossed by a bridge. The village contains a police station and a dispensary. The manufacture of soap is carried on. The Wesleyans hold their meetings in the sessions room, and there is a public school. The principal residences are Town View and Ballicionangue. This town, which formerly be- longed to the Earl of Stafford, but now to Earl Fitz- william, was destroyed by fire in 1798, and was soon afterwards rebuilt. Here are the ruins called Black Tom's Cellars, supposed to be the remains of the man- sion of the Earl of Stafford. Market day is Wednes- day. Fairs are held on the first Wednesday in January, 7th February, third Wednesday in March, second Wed- nesday in April, 8th May, 4tn June, Wednesday after 24th June, third Wednesday in July, 7th August, first Wednesday in September, Wednesday after Michael- mas, 7th November, and third Wednesday in December. TINUEWICK, a par. in the hund. of Buckingham, co. Bucks, 2'J miles S.W. of Buckingham, its post town. The village was formerly a market town, grunted in 1246 to the Abbey de Monte Rothomago, in Normandy, to which the manor had previously been given by the Finmores. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 359, in the patron, of New College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. Mary^as a tower, said to have been built by William of Wykeham, a brass to Erasmus Williams, once rector, bearing date 1608, and a stone over the central window in the S. battlement, bearing a curious inscription. The parochial charities produce about 13 per annum. There are a National and Sunday-school. TINGLEY, a hmlt. in the par. of West Ardsley, West Riding co. York, 4 miles N.W. of Wakeneld. It is a station on the Gilderaome branch of the Great Northern railway. TINGRITH, a par. in the hund. of Manshead, co. Bedford, 4 miles S.E. of Woburn, its post town. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 176. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, contains a brass of R. Hogeson, bearing date 1611. It has recently under- gone extensive alterations. The parochial charities produce about 2 per annum. The Misses Trevor are ladies of the manor and sole landowners. TINGWALL, WHITENESS, and WEESDALE, a par. in the Maiuland-of-Orkney, Orkney Islands, coast of Scotland. It comprises the vil. of Scalloway, and the islands of Linga, Oxna, and Irondray, lying be- twixt Wadbuster, Laxforth, and Deal Voes on the E., and Weesdale, Stromness, and Ustaness Voes on the W. The parish extends in length from 18 to 20 miles, with an extreme breadth of 10 miles. It is so much indented by the voes, that no portion of it is more than two miles distant from the sea. The surface is irregular and hilly, but much of it has been reclaimed and culti- vated. In the straths limestone is abundant. The village of Tingwall is about 4 miles N.W. of Lerwick. This par. is in the presb. of Lerwick and synod of Shet- land. The stipend of the minister is about 263. There are two parish churches viz., at Tingwall and White- ness ; the former was erected in 1788, and the latter in 1837. There is an Independent chapel at Scalloway, at which place a church was erected in 1842. At Wees- dale, Whiteness, and Scalloway are Society's schools, and an Assembly's school at Tronday. TINHEAD, a tythg. in the par. of Edington, co. Wilts, 4 miles N.E. of Westbury, and 1 mile N. of Edington. TINNAHINCH, a bar., Queen's co., prov. of Lein- ster, Ireland. It contains the pars, of Castlebrack, Kil- manman, Rearymore, and Rosenallia. TINNAHIJJCH, a vil. in the bar. of Lower St. Mullin's, co. Carlow, prov. of Leinster, Ireland. It is situated on the river Barrow, and is joined with Grai- guenamanagh by a bridge. Here are the ruins of St. Michael's church and well, and the remains of Butler's Castle. TINNAHINCH, a hmlt. in the par. of Rearymore, bar. of Tinnahinch, Queen's co., prov. of Leinster, Ire- land, 2 miles E. of Clonaslees, near the bridge over the river Glenbarrow. TINSLEY, a tnshp. and chplry. in the par. of Rother- ham, S. div. of Strafforth wap., West Riding co. York, 2i miles S.W. of Rotherhum, its post town, and 3| N*.E. of Sheffield. The village, which is of recent origin, is near the North Midland and Sheffield railways, and on the Sheffield and Rotherham canal, which joins the river Don a little below the village. Here are extensive collieries and steel rolling mills, and slate of an inferior quality is quarried. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of York, val. 134. The church, dedi- cated to St. Laurence, is old, and was enlarged in 1838. It contains several old tablets and brasses. There are schools for both sexes, principally supported by Earl Fitzwillidm, who is lord of the manor. TINTAGEL, or DUNDAGELL, a par. in the hund. of Lesnewth, co. Cornwall, 3 miles W. of Boscastle, its post town, and 6 N.W. of Camelford. The parish is situated near Tintagel Head and Creek on the Bristol Channel, by which it is bounded on the N. It com- prises about 4,000 acres, and includes the disfranchised borough of Bossiuey, and the vils. of Oldborough and Trevena. On the cliffs are traces of King Arthur's Castle, which came to the crown and was the occasional