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THURROCK, GRAYS. 655 THURSTON. North Midland railway. The soil is clay and loam, with a subsoil of sandstone shale. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of York, val. 341. The church is dedicated to St. Helen. The parochial charities produce about 5 per annum, which go to the support of an almshouse. There is a school for both sexes, at which a Sunday-school is held. The Rev. T. W. Simpson is lord of the manor and principal landowner. THURKOCK, GRAYS. See GBAYS-THURBOCK, co. Essex. THURROCK, LITTLE, a par. in the hund. of Bar- staple, co. Essex, 1 mile E. of Grays-Thurrpck, and 2 miles N.W. of Tilbury Fort. The village is bounded on the S.W. by the river Thames, and near the line of the Tilbury railway. There are chalk pits, and on the road to Stifford are some ancient excavations, termed " Dane holes," or " Cunobelin's Gold Mines." The living is a rect." in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 524. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient struc- ture, with arched recesses in the S. wall. THURROCK, WEST, a par. in the hund. of Chaf- ford, co. Essex, I mile "W. of Grays-Thurrock. This par., which includes the populous vil. of Purfleet, is bounded on the S. by the river Thames, where is a landing-place opposite to Greenhithe. There are bar- racks. The living is a discharged vie. in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 350. The church is dedicated to St. Clement. There is also a chapel-of-ease at Purfleet. THURSBY, a par. in the ward and co. of Cumber- land, 6 miles S.W. of Carlisle, its post town, 5 N.E. of Wigton, and 1 mile from the Curthwaite station on the Maryport and Carlisle railway. The village is situated on the river Wampool. The parish is divided into three townships, High-Thursby, Crofton, and Parton, with the hamlet of Micklethwaite. The soil is fertile. This place is supposed to have derived its name from Thor, to whom a temple is said to have been erected at Wood- rigs, in the neighbourhood. A pillar of coarse stone, inscribed to Philip the Emperor and his son, bearing date 248, was dug up near the line of the military way to Wigton, and is preserved here. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Carlisle, val. 160, in the patron, of the dean and chapter. The church, dedicated to St. An- drew, contains monuments of the Briscoe family. It was built in 1846 on the site of the old one, which was partly built by David I. The parochial charities pro- duce about 31 per annum, of which 18 go to Tomlin- son's school. The Earl of Lonsdale and Sir W. Brisco, Bart., are lords of the manor. THURSCROSS. See THKTJSCKOSS, co. York. THURSFIELD, or NEWCHAPEL, a cbplry. in the par. of Wolstanton, N. div. of Pirehill hund., co. Staf- ford, 2| miles N. of Tunstall, its post town, 3 N. of Bui-slum, and 6 N.E. of Newcastle. The living is a perpet. cur.* with the cur. of St. Mary's annexed, in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 260. The church, dedicated to Si. James, was erected in 1767, and re-roofed in 1827. Them is a National school for both sexes. THURSFORD, a par. in the hund. of North Green- hoe, co. Norfolk, 4 miles S.E. of Walsingham railway station, and 6 N.E. of Fakenham. Thetford is its post town. The village is situated near the river Stiffkey, at the junction of the roads from Fakenham and Wal- singham to Holt. The living is a rect.* annexed to that of Great Snoring, in the dioc. of Norwich. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, contains tablets to the Guyons. The parochial charities produce about 2 per annum. The principal residence is Thursford Hull, recently restored and enlarged by its proprietor, J. S. S. Chad, Esq., who is lord of the manor and principal landowner. THUKSHELTON, a par. in the hund. of Lifton, co. Devon, 9 miles N. of Tavistock, and 10 S.W. of Oak- hampton. The village is situated on the river Haitie. The living is a cur. annexed to the vie. of Marystow, in the dioc. of Exeter. The church is dedicated to St. George. There is a National school for both sexes. J. H. Tremayne, Esq., is lord of the manor. THURSLEY, a par. in the second div. of Godalming hund,, co. Surrey, 5 miles S.W. of Godalming, its post town. The village is situated on the river Wey. The soil is light. The land is partly in common and copse, and the remainder arable. Ironstone is abundant, and there were anciently several large iron foundries, the site of which is marked by the Hammer Ponds. The living is a perpet. cm-, in the dioc. of Winchester, val. 85. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. The parochial charities produce about 8 per annum. THURSO, a par., seaport, market and sessions town, and burgh of barony, co. Caithness, Scotland, 21 miles S.W. of Wick, and the same distance W. from John- o'-Groat's house. Coaches run to Bonar Bridge in connection with the Highland railway, and the Leith steamers call at the bay, which has good anchorage. It is situated on the north-western coast of the county, at the head of a bay, into which the river Thurso falls, between Dunnet and Holburn Heads, after a course of 25 miles from the borders of Halkirk parish. Vessels of any burthen may find shelter in the bay, or Scrabster Roads, as it is called, in all weathers, but those intend- ing to enter the harbour must wait the tide before they can cross the bar. It is a subport to Wick, and has a pier and custom-house. The main export of the place consists of the Caithness pavement, the manufacture of which is carried on to a great extent, and heavy draughts of salmon are occasionally taken in the river, which is here spanned by a stone bridge. The largest draught recorded was in 1743, when 2,560 were taken in one draught of the net. The parish is about 6| miles in length by 5 broad, and the land is well cultivated. The coast, except near the hay, is rocky, the cliffs rising 400 feet above the sea-level in some parts. The pre- vailing rocks are Old Red sandstone, coarse slate, and trap, with flagstone, which w quarried. Traces of lead have been found. The town, which is called in Gaelic Inverhorsa, stands on the left bank of the river, about 2 miles to the eastward of the harbour. The streets are neat and clean, and there are many good houses. Many of the inhabitants are engaged in the fisheries and coasting trade, and some in the linen, woollen, leather, and straw-plait manufactures. There are a a post-office, masonic lodge, assembly rooms, custom- house, savings-bank, and two branch banks. In the parish are " Picts' houses," a Danish camp, and the ruins of a house where the Earl of Montroso stayed on landing, before his capture. The par. is in the presb, of Caithness. The church was erected in the early part of the present century by Sir G. Sinclair, the projector of the great statistical account of Scotland. There arej besides a Free church, chapels for Original Seceders, Independents, and Baptists, also parochial and Free Church schools, and several private seminaries. A little to the E. of the town stands Thurso Castle, the scut of Sir G. Sinclair, Bart., an ancient building recently en- larged ; and at a short distance on the coast is Harold's Cross, erected by the late baronet to the memory of Harold Earl of Caithness, who fell here in 1 190. Market day is on Friday. Fairs are held on the last Tuesdays of April and May, second Tuesday in July Monday next before Inverness, Friday after Links of Dunnot, first Tuesday in September, and last Tuesday in October. THURSTABLE, a hund., co. Essex, contains the pars, of Goldhanger, Heybridge, Langfbrd, Tollesbury, Tolleshunt d'Arcy, Major Tolleshunt, Knights Tolles- hunt, Great and Little Totham, and Bishop's Wickham, comprising an area of 23,640 acres. THURSTASTON, a par. and tnshp. in the lower div. of Win-all hund., co. Chester, 5 miles N.W. of Great Neston, and 7 S.W. of Birkenliead. The village is situated on the river Dee. The par. includes the limits, of Grasby and Irby. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Chester, vul. 242, in the piitron. of the dean and chapter. The church, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, has been recently rebuilt. The parochial charities pro- duce about 31 per annum. A Sunday-school is held at the church. Colonel Clegg is lord of the manor. THURSTON, a par. in the hund. of Thedwestry, co. Suffolk, 4 miles N.E. of Bury St. Edmund's, its post