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Rh TEDSTONE-WAFEK. 623 TEIGNMOUTH. post town, and 13 N.W. of Worcester. The surface is hilly, and the land is partly in hop-grounds. Limestone ia abundant. The soil consists of red marl and clay. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of Hereford, val. 238, in the patron, of Brasenose College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. James, is old and dilapidated. The parochial charities produce about 2 10s. per annum. A school is held at the rectory-house on Sundays. Ted- stone Court is the principal residence. TEDSTONE- WAFER, a par. in the hund. of Broxash, co. Hereford, 4 miles N.E. of Bromyard, its post town, and 14 from Worcester. A portion of the land is in hop- grounds. The soil is of a clayey and loamy nature, with a subsoil of limestone. The living is a rect. annexed to that of Edwin-Loach, in the dioc. of Hereford. The church is ancient. There is a free school for both sexes. E. Higginson, Esq., is lord of the manor and sole landowner. TEEL, a stream of co. Fife, Scotland, rises in Camilla Loch, and falls into the Firth of Forth, near Kirkcaldy. TEELIN, a vil. in the bar. of Bannagh, co. Donegal, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, 6 miles W. of Killybegs. It is situated on Teelin Bay, near Slieveleague and Teeliu Head. It has a small harbour and coastguard station. TEES, a river of the north of England, rises under Cross Fell, in co. Cumberland, and traversing Teesdale on the borders of cos. Westmoreland and York for near 70 miles, falls into the North Sea between Snook and Turn points. TEETOX, a hmlt. in the par. of Ravensthorpe, hund. of Newbottle-Grove, co. Northampton, 7 miles N.W. of Northampton. TEFFONT-EVIAS, or TEFFONT-EWYAS, a par. in the hund. of Dunworth, co. Wilts, 10 miles W. of Salisbury, its post town, 6 W. of Wilton, and 5 E. of Hindon. The village is situated at the head of the river Nadder, which rises in the chalk hills near the adjoining village of Teffont JIagna, and forms a lake covering two acres. In the reign of Edward III. it belonged to Speaker Hungerford, the first who held that office. There is an excellent freestone quarry, besides ex- tensive excavations, from which the stone used in building Salisbury Cathedral was taken. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Sarum, val. 240. The church has been rebuilt. The principal residence is Teffont House. It was the birthplace of Henry, Earl of Marl- borough, Lord Treasurer and Chancellor of England in the reign of James II. There is a National school, partially endowed. Mrs. D'Salis owns the whole of the parish. TEFFONT MAGNA, a par. in the hund. of War- minster, co. Wilts, 10 miles W. of Salisbury, its post town, and 5 E. of Hindon. The living is a cur. annexed to the vie. of Dinton, in the dioc. of Sarum. The church is an ancient edifice. W. Wyndham, Esq., of Dinton House, is lord of the manor. TEHALLAN, a par. in the bar. of Cremorne Snd Monaghan, co. Monaghan, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, 3 miles E.N.E. of Monaghan. The surface consists of a good soil, and includes some extent of bog. It is tra- versed by the Ulster canal and the river Blackwater. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Armagh, in the patron, of the bishop. Liscarty is the seat of Major Ross. There is a police station. The manufacture of linen is carried on, and limestone is quarried. TEHIDY, an old seat of the Bassets, in the par. of Redruth, co. Cornwall, 3 miles W. of Redruth, and 9 W. of Truro. It is surrounded by extensive plantations, and contains a gallery of paintings by the best masters. TEIGH, a par. in the hund. of Alstoe, co. Rutland, 5 miles N. of Oakham, its post town. The village is situated on the Melton-Mowbray and Oakham canal. The manor was held by the Mallets at the Conquest, and subsequently came to the Folvilles. There is a strong petrifying spring, and fossil fish have been found in the blue rock. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 430. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The Earl of Harborough is lord of the manor. TEIGN, a river of co. Devon, rises in Dartmoor Forest, under Siddaford Tor, and falls into the English Channel at Teignmouth. TEIGNBRIDGE, a hund. in co. Devon, contains the pars, of Ashburton, Bickington, North Bovey, South Bovey, Hennock, Highweek, Ideford, Ilsington", Kings- teignton, Lustleigh, Manaton, Moreton Hampstead, and Teigngrace, comprising an area of 65,300 acres. TEIGNGRACE, a par. in the hund. of Teignbridge, co. Devon, 2 miles N.W. of Newton-Abbott, its post town and railway station, and 6 from Chudleigh. The village is situated near the river Teign, and on the great western road from Exeter to Plymouth. The Stover canal and railway facilitate the exportation of potters' clay found in the neighbourhood, and of granite from the extensive quarries at High Tor. The subsoil principally consists of clay and yellow sand. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 171. The church, dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul, or to St. Mary, was rebuilt in 1787, at the expense of the Templers of Stover. It has an altar-piece figuring the dead Christ in the Virgin's lap ; also another painting in the pew of the Templer family representing Simeon worshipping the infant Jesus. The parochial charities produce about 20 per annum. There is a free school. The principal residence is Stover House, a granite mansion, belonging to the Templer family, who constructed the canal. The Duke of Somerset is lord of the manor. TEIGNHOLT, a hmlt. in the par. of Drewsteignton, co. Devon, 3 miles N.W. of Moreton Hampstead. TEIGNMOUTH, a seaport, market town, and fashion- able watering-place in the hund. of Exminster,co. Devon, miles N.E. of Newton Bushel, and 13 S. of Ex- eter, of which city it is a sub-port. It is a station on the South Devon railway. The town, which is sheltered by hills, is situated at the N. side of the mouth of the river Teign, on the coast of the English Channel. It comprises the two parishes of East and West Teign- mouth, and is a place of great antiquity, being the Saxon Tegntun. In 970 it was burnt by the Danes, and in 1338 and 1690 by the French, who in this last attack succeeded in destroying 116 houses, with 11 ships in the harbour. During the siege of Calais in 1348 it supplied 7 ships. It sent members to the council at Westminster in the reign of Edward I., and returned members to parliament in the 14th of Edward III., but was never incorporated. It is now governed by the local magis- trates, and by two portreeves chosen annually for either manor at the courts leet and baron. The manor of East Teignmouth anciently belonged to the see of Exeter, but was alienated to the Courtenaysof Powderham, and now belongs to the Earl of Devon, and that of West Teign- mouth to Lord Clifford. Although the old town is irre- gularly built, and some of the streets are narrow and ill-paved, it is a rapidly improving place, containing many good shops and numerous modern villa resi- dences, the latter situated principally at the N.W. end of the town, where the land lies high, commanding ex- tensive views of the sea and river. It has no manufac- tures, but a considerable coasting trade, also a good Newfoundland trade and home fishery for whiting, soles, turbot, mackerel, and pilchards on the coast, and for salmon in the river Teign. The principal exports are granite from the Haytor quarries, timber, bark, cider, manganese, pipe and potters' clay, which two last amount to some 50,000 tons annually, and are dug prin- cipally in the adjoining parish of King's Teignton, and brought down to the quay in lighters, and thence shipped to the Staffordshire potteries. The imports are of culm, coal, deals, iron, groceries, &c. Much of the prosperity of the town, however, depends upon the influx of visitors in the season for sea-bathing, for which it is admirably adapted, having a broad sandy beach, and every ac- commodation. The population of the town is about 6,000, including the suburb of Shaldon, which is con- nected by a bridge of thirty-four arches supported on iron trusses, and extending a length of 1,671 feet, with a swing bridge over the main channel to allow the pas- sage of ships. It has two commodious quays, called Old