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TAMERTON, NORTH. 611 TAMWORTH. property of the Rev. W. Radcliff, who purchased the estate of the Bamfyldes. A fair for cattle is held on the third Wednesday in July. TAMERTON, NORTH, a par. in the hund. of Stratton, co. Cornwall, 8 miles N. of Launceston, its post town, and 5 S.W. of Holsworth. The village is situated on the Devonshire border, near the Bude canal and the river Tamar. The surface is in general hilly, and the soil a cold clay. The living is a don.* in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 230. The church, dedicated to St. Dennis, is an ancient stone structure, with a square tower containing five bells. The parochial charities produce about 1 per annum. There is a dilapidated chapel at Hornacot. TAMHORN, an ext. par. place in the N. div. of Offlow hund., co. Stafford, 2 miles N.W. of Tamworth. It is situated on the Coventry canal and the river Tame. TAMLAGHT, a par. partly in the bur. of Loughin- sholin, co. Londonderry, and partly in the bar. of Dun- gannon, co. Tyrone, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, 3 miles S.E. of Moneymore, its post town. The surface generally consists of a good soil, with some bog. The parish is crossed by thp river Ballinderry. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Armagh, value 246, in the patron, of the bishop. The church is small. There are meeting-houses for Presbyterians, Baptists, and Wesleyans, also parochial and other schools. The manu- facture of linen is carried on here, and limestone is quarried. Druidical remains are traced at Cloughtogel. Tamlaght House is the principal residence. TAMLAGHT, a vil. in the bar. of Loughinsholin, co. Londonderry, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, 4 miles S.W. of Kilrea. TAMLAGHT FINLAGAN, a. par. in the bar. of Keenaught, co. Londonderry, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, near Newtown-Limavady, its post town. The parish lies l-etween the sea-coast and Lough Foyle. It is bordered on the S. by the river Roe. The soil is generally boggy, mountainous, and barren. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Deny, val. 960, in the patron, of the bishop. The church is u spacious building in the Early English style, erected in 1778. The old church iu still standing, but has been since converted into a Roman Catholic chipel. Here are a Presbyterian meeting-house and three or four day schools, besides a Sunday-school. Roe Park is the chief seat. The monastery was founded here in the 6th century by St. Columkill. TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY, a par. in the bars, of Coleraine and Loughinsholin, co. Londonderry, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, 3 miles S.W. of Kilrea. Port-Glenone is its post town. The surface includes a large extent of bog and basaltic rock. It contains Tamlaght, Innis- rush, and a part of Port-Glenone. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Derry, in the patron, of the bishop. The living is in two divisions, Lower and Upper, val. of the former 115, that of the latter .901. Tho church was rebuilt in 1815 by means of a loan from the late Board of First Fruits. There are a Roman Catholic chapel, and two Presbyterian meeting-houses, likewise a parish school and several public establishments. Innisrush is the principal seat. Traces of an ancient fortress and of Druidical remains are seen hero. Near the village is a cave formerly used as a burial-place. TAMWORTH, a div. in the hund. of Hemlingford, co. Warwick, contains the pars, of Austrey, Beddesley- Ensor, Grendon, Kingsbury, Middleton, Newton Regis, Polesworth, Seckington, Shuttington, and part of Tarn- worth, comprising an area of 32,640 acres. TAMWORTH, a par., market town, municipal and parliamentary borough in the 8. div. of the hund. of Offlow, co. Stafford, and partly in Hemlingford hund., co. Warwick, 23 miles S.E. of Stafford, and 6 from Lichfield. It is a junction station of the Trent Valley and the Derby and Birmingham sections of the Midland railways. The parish, which is very extensive, includes, besides the town of Tamworth, the chplries. of Fazeley, Wigginton, and Wilnecote, with part of Dosthill, now VOL. m. district pars., the tnshps. of Almington-with-Stono, Delph, Biddescoto, Bolehall-with-Glascote, Bonehill, and the libs, of Tyerscote and Tarn worth-Castle, besides the extra-parochial liberty of Hopwas Hayes. It is situated in an undulating and very fertile country, watered by numerous springs, falling into the two rivers Tamo and Anker, which here unite at the foot of the old castle, once a residence of the Mercian kings. In the Saxon times it was called Tamaweorthige, and had a mint, but having been devastated by the Danes, was rebuilt by Ethelfleda, daughter of Alfred the Great, who died here in 920. After the Norman conquest the castle and adjacent territory were granted to Robert do Mar- mion, Lord of Fontenaye and hereditary champion to the dukes of Normandy, but on the extinction of the male line in the reign of Edward I., the family of Frevilo became lords of Tamworth tower and town. The site of the ancient castle is now occupied by the mansion of the Marquis Townshend, as the representative of the Marmions, and is the residence of Miss Wolferstan, to whom the town is indebted for the new cemetery. The town was a borough by prescription, but having declined, was incorporated anew by Queen Elizabeth, and is still governed under a charter of Charles II., by a mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors, with the style of "bailills and commonalty of the borough of Tamworth." Tho municipal revenue is about 400. It has returned two members to parliament since the reign of Elizabeth, but the bounds were enlarged by the Reform Act so as to include the whole parish. The town consists of several well-built but irregularly laid out streets ; in the market- place is a bronze statue of the late Sir R. Peel. It has recently been much improved, especially with regard to the sewage and water supply. It contains a townhall, rebuilt by Guy, founder of the hospital in London, and enlarged by the late Sir Robert Peel, both of whom were members for Tamworth ; a small gaol beneath the town- hall, a savings-bank, a library, which contains above 5,000 volumes, under the patronage of Sir II. Peel, a lunatic asylum, union poor-house, two commercial branch banks, railway station, gas and water works, and two bridges, one over the Tamo and the other over the Anker. The trade in cotton and lace ^ias declined, but there are two largo paper mills, two manufactories for elastic garters and fancy wares, and brick, tile, and drain-pipe works. In the vicinity are two commons, called the Staffordshire and Warwick- shire moors, belonging to the town, also several collieries. At a little distance from the town is Drayton manor, the seat of the late Sir Robert Peel, to which a gallery of valuable paintings has recently been added. Tamworth is the seat of a New County Court, and of a Poor-law Union containing 24 parishes or places, and the head of a superintendent registry district. There is a farmers' club and horticultural society. Tho Coventry canal passes near the town. The Derby and Birmingham railway, after passing over the Trent Valley line, is conducted by a viaduct of nineteen arches across the valley to tho S.E. of the town. Tamworth gives name to a deanery in tho archdeaconry of Stafford and diocese of Lichfield. The living is a vie.* with tho curs, of Almington and Hopwas St. John annexed, in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 220. Tho church of St. Edith, which was formerly collegiate, is an ancient Gothic structure with Norman traces, but of different periods. It has a massive tower surrounded by four octagonal turrets or spires. In the interior is a tesse- lated pavement discovered in tho old churchyard, a brass of M. Archer, bearing date 1614, and tombs of the Frevilles and Peels. In addition to the parish church are the following district churches, viz., Frazeley, Wiggington, and Wilnecote, the livings of which are perpet. curs., varying in val. from 220 to 72. The Wesleyans have two chapels, and tho Independents, Baptists, and Roman Catholics have each one. There are National, infant, and Sunday schools, also a free grammar school, founded by Edward VI., with an en- dowment of 35, and a scholarship and fellowship at Cambridge University ; Sir Robert Peel's school for the