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TOPSHAW MOOR. 676 TOROSAY. rial rights of the Courtenays in 1778. Since the for- mation of the ship canal vessels can ascend to Exeter, and the shipping trade is now transferred to that city and to Exmouth. A good general business is still done in shipbuilding, ropemaking, the coasting trade, and shipping assurance clubs, which have lately been established. The quays, building yards, and bonding warehouses are principally the property of the town council of Exeter, and of Messrs. Holmans and Davys. The town consists chiefly of one street, extending about a mile along the hank of the Exe, and terminating in the strand at the lower end of the town. The streets are paved and lighted with gas. The parish includes, besides the town of its own name, the chplry. of Countess Weir. The soil is fertile, resting on a subsoil of red gravel and sandstone. The principal residences are Wear House, the seat of Sir J. T. B. Duckworth, Bart., M.P.. Grove Field House, the Retreat, and Newport House. The living is a perpet. cur.,* val. 325, in the dioc. of Exeter, and in the patron, of the dean and chapter. The church, dedicated to St. Mar- garet, is on a cliff near the centre of the town, and was enlarged in 1794 ; in the interior are two monuments, by Chantrey, of the Duckworths. The Independents, Reformed Wesleyans, Wesleyans, and Unitarians have chapels, and the two last schools attached. There are National schools, partly endowed, and also a good museum of local antiquities and fossils belonging to F. W. L. Ross, Esq., of Broadway House, Fore Street, open to the public on Mondays. The charities produce about 250 per annum. Saturday is market day. A fair for pedlery is held on the Thursday preceding the 19th of July. TOPSHAW MOOR, a hmlt. in the chplry. of Tong, West Riding co. York, 4 miles S.E. of Bradford. TOR BAY, a spacious haven on the S. coast of co. Devon. It lies between Berry Head and Hob's Nose, under Tor Abbey, and is 3 miles broad by 3J deep, with 6 to 9 fathoms water. Here William III. anchored in November, 1688. TORBKEX, a vil. in the par. of St. Ninian's, co. Stirling, Scotland, near Bannockburn. TORBRIAN, a par. in the hund. of Haytor, co. Devon, 3 i- miles S.W. of Newton Bushell, its post town. The village is near the South Devon railway. The sub- soil abounds with limestone of excellent quality. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 286. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, has three sepul- chral chapels, and contains a carved screen and pulpit, a piscina, old font, and porch ornamented with sculp- tured angels. In the churchyard is an ancient cross. TORC, the middle lake of Killarney, co. Kerry, Ire- land, lying under Tore Mountain, which rises 1,764 feet above sea-level, and gives name to a fall of 60 feet, formed by the Devil's Stream. TORCROSS, a hmlt. in the par. of Stokenham, co. Devon, 4 miles S.E. of Kingsbridge. It is a coastguard station. TORKINGTON, a hmlt. in the par. of Stockport, hund. of Macclesfield, co. Chester, 3J miles S.E. of Stock- port. TORKSEY, a par. in the waps. of Lawress and Well, parts of Lindsey, co. Lincoln, 8 miles S.E. of Gains- borough, its post town, 3 N. of Newtou-on-Trent, and 9 N. W. of Lincoln. The village is situated on the road from Gainsborough to Lincoln at the confluence of the Fosse Dyke with the river Trent at the ferry. The par. includes the hmlts. of Hardwick and Brampton. It is supposed to be the spot where Paulinus baptized his converts in 630, and where the Danes wintered in 873. At the time of the Domesday survey it was a large town containing 200 burgesses, and in Leland's time had two churches and an Austin priory founded by John, the site of which was given to the Hobbys. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 42. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, was partly rebuilt in 1821. The parochial charities produce about 13 per annum. There is a school for both sexes. TORLETON, or TARLTON, a hmlt. in the par. of Coates, hund. of Crowthorne, co. Gloucester, 5 miles S.W. of Cirencester. TORMARTON, a par. in the lower dir. of Grum- balds Ash hund., co. Gloucester, 12J miles N.W. of Chippenham, its post town, 4 E. of Chipping Sodbury, and 5| S.E. of Yate railway station. The village is on the old coach road from Bath to Gloucester. Stone of excellent quality is quarried. The soil is loamy, with a subsoil of oolite. The living ia a ree.,* with the vie. of Acton-Turville and the cur. of West Littleton annexed, in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, val. 800. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an old structure, and has been restored at the expense of the present rector. The interior contains a brass of great antiquity, and a tomh of the founder. There is a chapel-of-ease at West Littleton. The parochial charities produce about 2 per annum. There are a mixed National school and an infant school. The Duke of Beaufort is lord of the manor and principal landowner. TORMOHAM, a par. in the hund. of Haytor, co. Devon, 5 miles S.E. of Newton Bushel, and 8 S.W. of Teignmouth. It is situated on Tor Bay, and comprises most of the promontory, which, projecting eastward into the English Channel, divides Tor Bay from Babbicombe Bay. The parish of Tormoham anciently belonged to William de Briwere, whose youngest daughter conveyed it in marriage to the Mohuns, who subsequently sold it to the Ridgways, and in 1768 the Earl of Donegal again sold it to Sir R, Palk, grandfather of its present owner, Sir Lawrence Palk, Bart. The parish, which is about 3 miles long by 2 broad, includes the old vil. of Tor, or Tor Moham, and the watering-place and seaport of Torquay. The population in 1801 amounted to only S38,butin 1851 had increased to 11,474, and in 1861 to 16,419, of which number the greater part were in Torquay. Limestone is extensively quarried in the Park, Waddon and lialdon Hills near Torquay, and marble near Mary church. The living is a perpet. cur. annexed to that of Cockington, in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 190. The church, situated 1 mile W. of Torquay, was thoroughly repaired in 1849. In the interior are an antique font, carved screen, and several monuments. In addition to the pariah church, are St. Luke's chapel-of-ease, the district parish churches of St. John's Torquay, St. Mark's Torwood, with St. Matthias chapel-of-ease, and St. Mary Magdalen or Upton, situated on the high road between Tor and Torquay, and recently erected into a district parish. There is also the licensed proprietary chapel called Trinity Chapel, Torquay. The parochial charities pro- duce about 30 per annum, exclusive of the infirmary. There are chapels for Roman Catholics, Wesleyans, Independents, Baptists, and Unitarians, National and infant schools. On a hill in this parish are the ruins of St. Michael's Chapel, also traces of a small chapel at Tor- Wood, built by Reginald de Mohun in 1251, and the remains of Tor Abbey, founded in 1196 by William de Briwere for Premonstratensian canons, but now form- ing part of the family mansion of the Gary family, which is situated in the south-western part of the parish. The parish comprises the two manors of Tor- Wood and Tor Abbey, the former the property of Sir Lawrence Palk, Bart., and the latter of R. S. S. Cary, Esq., who are proprietors of the whole of the land, with the exception of about 9 acres belonging to Lord Sinclair. TORMORE, an islet on the coast of co. Donegal, Ire- land, 10 miles W. of Ardara. TOROGAY, an island of the Outer Hebrides, coast of Scotland, between North Uist and Bemera Islands. TOROSAY, a par. in the district of Mull, co. Argyle, Scotland. This par., which is nearly 12 miles square, comprises the quoad sacra pars, of Salen and Kingsloch- spelvie. It is bounded on the N.E. and S. by the Sound of Mull, on the W. by the par. of Kilfinechen, and on the N.W. by the par. of Kilninian. Its surface for the most part is of a mountainous character, rising at Ben- more to 3,097 feet above sea-level, and at Sugar-loaf Hill to 2,800 feet. The parish is watered by several small fresh-water lakes, among which are Lochs Bay, Spelvie, and Don. The prevailing rocks are trap, sand-