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TYLDESLEY-CUM-SHAKERLEY. 706 TYNEMOUTH. Westmeatli, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 4 miles N.E. of M-ullingar. Rathowen is its post town. The surface consists of good grazing land. The parish is crossed by the road from Multifarnham to Castlepollard, and is traversed by the river Gaine. Loughs Dereveragh and Owhel hound it on two sides. The living is a cur. in the dioc. of Meath, val. with Leyny, 67. In the Roman Catholic arrangement this parish is united to that of Rathconnell, or Turin. There are two private schools. The chief residence is Kuockdrin. Castle, the seat of Sir R. Levinge, Bart. TYLDESLEY-CUM-SHAKERLEY, a tnshp. and ecclesiastical district in the par. of Leigh, hund. of West Derby, co. Lancaster, 10 miles N.W. of Man- chester. It is a station on the Manchester and Preston section of the London and North- Western railway, where the Leigh and Bolton branches turn off. This township, which has recently increased in wealth and population, contained in 1861, 6,029 inhabitants, the greater part of whom are engaged in the cotton and silk mills, and in the neighbouring collieries, which are considerable. In 1827 the township was separated from Leigh and erected into a distinct parish, as regards ecclesiastical affairs, but in other respects may still be considered a part of the town of Leigh (which see). TYLN, a hmlt. in the par. of Hayton, co. Notts, 2 miles N. of Great Retford, on tho river Idle. TYLON, a vil. in the par. of Llandwrog, co. Carnar- von, 4 miles S.W. of Bangor. T YNAGH, a par. and post town in the bars, of Leitrim and Longford, co. Galway, prov. of Connaught, Ireland, 5 miles W.N.W. of Portumna. The parish is crossed by the road from Portumna to Loughrea. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Cloufert, joined to Doneira. The church was built in 1702. There are a Roman Catholic chapel, one public and three private schools. The principal residences are Pallas, Flower Hill, and Killeen. Here are the ruins of Pallas Castle, formerly a monastic establishment founded by Birmingham, Baron of Athenry. Lead in small veins is found. Fairs are held on 27th March, 31st August, and llth December. TYNAN, a par. and post town in the bars, of Armagh and Tiranny, co. Armagh, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, 7 miles W.S.W. of Armagh, and 89 from Dublin. It is a station on the Belfast and Omagh railway. The surface consists of good soil with a small proportion of bog. The parish is situated near the Ulster canal, and is crossed by the road from Armagh to Monaghan. It contains Middleton and Killyeagh. The town contains a dispensary and police station. The Tynan river here meets the river Blackwater. The cultivation of flax is successfully carried on. There are ruins of two castles and remains of a curious stone cross, built into the wall of the church. Limestone and freestone are quarried. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Armagh, value 790, in the patron, of the archbishop. The church was built in 1784, and enlarged in 1822 by means of a loan from the late Board of First Fruits. There are two Roman Catholic chapels, two meeting- houses for Presbyterians, several public, and three private schools. The chief residences are Tynan Abbey, the seat of Sir J. M. Stronge, Bart., Fellows Hall, and Woodpark. TYN-CELIN, a tnshp. in that of Aberwheeler, co. Denbigh, 4 miles N.E. of Denbigh. TYNDAETHWY, a bund., co. Anglesey, contains the pars, of Beaumaris, Llanbedr-Goch, Llanddyfnan, Llan- dysilio, Llanfair Mathafarn-Eithaf, Llanfair-Pwllgwyn- gyll, Llangoed, Llansadwrn, Penmynydd, Pentreath, and parts of Llanddona, Llandegfan, tlanfaes, Llanfi- hangel-Tyn Sylwy, Llaniestyn, and Penmon. TYNDRUM, a vil. in the par. of Killin, co. Perth, Scotland, 12 miles E. of Dalmally, and 48 W. of Perth. It is situated in Strath Fillan, at the head of the river Dochart, near Dalngh, or King's Field. TYNE, a large river of the N. of England in two streams, distinguished as the North and South Tyne ; the former rises under the Cheviot hills in co. Northum- berland, and the latter under Cross Fell in Cumberland ; but the two rivers uniting their streams at Hexham, flow through the High-Level Bridge at Newcastle, past Shields to Tynemouth, and fall into the North Sea, after a course of about 60 miles. The principal tributaries of the North Tyne are the Reed, Devil's Beck, and Derwent, and of the South Tyne, the Nent, Tippal, and Allen, all which occasionally overflow their banks, as in the severe floods of 1771 and 1815. TYNE, a river of cos. Edinburgh and Haddington, Scotland. It rises in Tyne-Head, under Stob Hill, and after a course of 26 miles, falls into the North Sea at Tynningham. TYNEFAL, a vil. in the par. of Aberdaron, co. Car- narvon, 13 miles S.W. of Pwllheli. TYNEHAM, a par. in the hund. of Hasilor, co. Dorset, 6 miles S.W. of Wareham, its post town, and 5 W. of Corfe Castle. The village is situated at tho western extremity of the Isle of Purbeck, near Wor- barrow Bay, in the English Channel. There was anciently a chapel at Povington, a hamlet near Lul worth, and another dedicated to St. Margaret at North Egle- ston ; also an alien priory, subordinate to Bee Abbey, in Normandy, which at the suppression was given by Henry VI. to St. Anthony's Hospital, in London, and subsequently came to the Dean and Chapter of West- minster. On the coast is a circular battery for the defence of Worbarrow Bay. Limestone is quarried, and there are veins of Purbeck marble and some gypsum. The living is a rect., annexed to that of Steeple, in the dioc. of Sarum. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, was enlarged and restored in 1835. The principal residence is Tyneham House. Flowers-harrow, an ancient en- campment, is situated in this parish. TYNEMOUTH, a par., sea-port, and bathing-place, giving name to a municipal and parliamentary borough, of which the town and suburbs of North Shields form the principal portion, locally in the E. div. of Castle ward, co. Northumberland. "The Newcastle and North Shields section of the Blyth and Tyne railway extends nearly to the baths at the village of Tynemouth, where it has a station. This parish, which is hounded on the S. by the river Tyne, and on the E. by the German Ocean, is of great extent, occupying tho south-eastern section of the county, locally termed Tynomouthshire. It abounds in coal, ironstone, and magnesian limestone, and contains the tnshps. of Chirton, Cullercoates, Monk- seaton, Murton, Preston, Tynemouth, Whitley, and the town of North Shields [which see]. The village of Tynemouth, situated about 1 mile E. of Shields, occupies a promontory at the mouth of the Tyne, jutting out into the sea and overlooking the sheltered bay called Prior's Haven, to which many visitors resort during the season for the enjoyment of sea-bathing. It is supposed to be the Penhal Crag of the ancient Britons, and has traces of a Roman fort, and the picturesque ruins of Tynemouth Priory, originally founded by Edward, the Saxon king of Northumbria, in 625, and afterwards rebuilt with stone by Oswald in the 8th century. Of this structure there are still remains, con- sisting chiefly of an arch and the eastern part of the church, which was made parochial at the Dissolution, and so continued till 1657, when, having become ruin- ous, a new parochial church was built at North Shields. Near the ruins of the priory is a lighthouse with a revolving light, and a magazine of military stores, ad- joining which at the E. end of the village is a small fort called the Spanish Battery, occupying a peninsula of rocks at the mouth of the Tyne. This fortress was defended by the Earl of Newcastle during the civil war of Charles I., but was eventually captured in 1645. In 1672 Clifford's fort was constructed, and in 1758 barracks were erected for 1,000 men, but have since been converted into dwelling-houses, which now con- stitute Percy Square. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Durham, val. 298. The parish church, dedicated to St. Oswin, is situated at North Shields. In addition to the parish church are the district churches of Trinity St. Saviour's, Cullercoats, Low Town, and Percy, tho