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Rh TARRANT-KEYNSTON. 616 TAKVIN. taining three bells. The register dates from 1577. There is a National school for both sexes. James J. Far- quharson, Esq., is lord of the manor. TARRANT-KEYNSTON, a par. in the hund. of Pimperne, co. Dorset, 3k miles S.E. of Blandford, its post town, and 5J N.AV. of Wimborne. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the western bank of the Tarrant, which here joins the Stour. The living is a rect.* in the dice, .of Sarum, val. 394. The church, dedicated to All Saints, has been rebuilt, with the ex- ception of the tower. Sir J. James Smith, Bart., is lord of the manor. TARRANT-LAUNCESTON, a par. in the hund. of Pimperne, co. Dorset, 5j miles N.E. of Blandford, its post town. In the vicinity are several barrows. There is no village, only a few farmhouses. The living is a cur. annexed to the vie. of Tarrant Monckton, in the dioc. of Sarum. The church ia much dilapidated. TARRANT-MONCKTON, a par. in the hund. of Monckton-up-Wimborne, co. Dorset, 41 miles N.E. of Blandford, its post town. There was formerly a priory. The living is a vie. with the cur. of Tarrant-Laun- ceston annexed, in the dioc. of Sarum, val. 55. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is old. The parochial charities produce about 1 per annum. The Wesleyans have a chapel. J. J. Farquharson, Esq., is lord of the manor. TARRANT-RAWSTON, a par. in the hund. of Pimperne, North Blandford div. co. Dorset, 4 miles N.E. of Blandford, its post town. The parish is small, and is watered by the river Tarrant. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Sarum, val. 110. Tho church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a small structure. Sir James John Smith, Bart., is lord of the manor. TARRANT- RUSHTON, a par. in the huud. of Cran- borne, co. Dorset, 3 J miles E. of Blandford, its post town. Here was formerly St. Leonard's chantry, which Edward III. gave to Christchurch Abbey, at Twynham. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Sarum, val. 219. Tho church, dedicated to St. Mary, contains some carvings of great antiquity. Henry Charles Stuart, Esq., is lord of the manor. TARE AS, a trout stream, co. Dumfries, Scotland, rises under Pike Fell, and joins the Esk at Irvine Bridge. TARRELL, an ancient par., co. Dumfries, Scotland, now joined to Kirkmichael. TARRELL, a stream of co. Brecon, rises under the Brecknockshire Beacons, and joins the river Usk at Brecknock. TARRETBURN QUARTER, a tnshp. in the par. of Bellingham, N.W. div. of Tindalo ward, co. Nor- thumberland, 4 miles N.W. of Bellingham. It is of irregular form, and is situated on the E. side of the Tarret Burn, and is surrounded by high hills. There are several collieries in the vicinity. The Duke of North- umberland is lord of the manor. TARRING, or WEST TARRING, a hund. and par. in the rape of Bramber, co. Sussex, 1 mile N.W. of Worthing, its post town, and 1J from the Worthing station on the South Coast railway. The par. contains the chplries. of Hene and Durrington and the limit, of Salvington, where John Selden, the antiquary and keeper of the records in the Tower, was born in 1584. The village was anciently a place of much importance, and was made a market town by Henry VI. The manor was given by Athelstane to Christ Church, Can- terbury. ^ In this parish was a palace belonging to Thpmas-u-Becket, who is said to have occasionally resided here, and to have introduced from Italy the fig tree, for which the parish is so famed. In the vicinity of the village is a fig orchard, the only one in England. Tarring gives name to a deanery in the archdeaconry and dioc. of Chichester. The living is a vie.* annexed to that of Durrington, in the dioc. of Chichester, val. 474, in the patron, of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, has recently been thoroughly restored. There is a National school for both sexes. TARRING-NEVILLE, or EAST TARRING, a. par. in the hund. of Danehill-Horsted, rape of Pevensey, co. Sussex, 2 miles N. of Newhaven. The parish is bounded on the W. by the river Ouse. There is no village, only a few farmhouses. Tho living is a rect. united to that of Heighten. The church, dedicated t'j St. Mary, has a remarkablv largo chancel. TARRINGTON, a par. "in the hund. of Radlow, co. Hereford, 6 J miles N.W. of Ledbury, its post town, and 7J E. of Hereford. The village is on tho main road. The land is partly in hop-grounds. The soil is of a light character. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Hereford, val. 300. Tho church, dedicated to St. James, has a square tower containing six bells. The parochial chari- ties produce about 20 per annum. There is a school for both sexes, entirely supported by Lady Emily Foley. Tarrington House is the principal residence. TARRINSAY, an island in West Loch Tarbet, co. Inverness, Scotland. It is situated on the W. side of Harris Island, and is about 3J- miles in length, with a rocky coast-line, tho highest hills rising 800 feet above sea-level. TARSET, WEST, a tnshp. in the par. of Thorney- burn, co. Northumberland, 3 miles N.W. of Bellingham. It is a station on tho Border Counties railway. The township is situated on Tarset Burn, which takes its rise in Kieldcr Moor, under the Cheviots, and flows 15 miles S.E. to the river Tyne at Graystead. Here was formerly an ancient castle of the Comins. TARTARAHAN, a par. and post-office vil. in the bar. of West O'Neilland, co. Armagh, prov. of Ulster, Ire- land, 6 miles N. of Richhill. The soil is fertile. The parish is bounded by the rivers Bann and Blackwater, and by Lough Neagh. The vils. of Maghery and Mill- town are within the limits. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Armagh, val. 266. The church was rebuilt in 1816 by means of a loan from the late Board of First Fruits. There are a Roman Catholic chapel and chapels for Presbyterians and Wesleyans, also several Sunday and private day schools. Ruins of the old church arc still remaining. TARTH, a trout stream, co. Peebles, Scotland, rises under Mendick Hill, and joins the Lyne near Drochil Castle. TARVES, a par. and vil. in the district of Ellon, co. Aberdeen, Scotland. It extends in length about 12 miles from N.E. to S.W., with an extreme breadth of 8 miles, and is bounded by the pars, of Methlick, New Deer, Ellon, Udny, Bourtrie, Meldrum, and Fyvie. The land is for the most part fertile. The prevailing rocks are gneiss, granite, and limestone. The village of Tarves is about 5 miles N.E. of Old Meldrum, and 6 W. of Ellon. It is in the centre of the parish, near the river Ythan. This par. is in the presb. of Ellon and synod of Aberdeen. The stipend of tho minister is about 191. The parish church was erected in 1798. At Craigdam is an United Presbyterian church. The principal seat is Schivas House. Tarves gives title of baron to the Earl of Aberdeen. Fairs are held on tho Wednesday in January after Old Deer, on the next Wednesday after 19th March, on the first Wednesday after fith May, Wednesday after 26th July, Wednesday in September after Old Deer, Wednesday after 2nd November, and on the Wednesday in December after Old Deer. TARVIN, a par. chiefly in the second div. of Eddisbury hund., but partly in the lower div. of Broxton hund., co. Chester, 5J miles N.E. of Chester, and 5 N.W. of Tarporley. The village, which is large, is situated near the border of Delamere Forest, at the junction of the roads from London and Manchester to Chester. The Chester and Nantwich canal and the Crewe and Chester railway run just within the southern boundary of the pariah. During the civil war of Charles I. it was a considerable military post, and alter several vicissitudes was held by the parliament to tho end of the war. In the middle of tho 16th century Sir John Savage, of Rock Savage, then lord of the manor, procured a charter for a market and fair, which have been long disused. The par. contains the chplries. of Ashton, Hargrave, Kclsall, and Duddon, with 7 othor