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Rh THURLESTON. 654 THURNSCOE. Tuesday and Saturday. Fairs are held on the first Tuesday in every month, on Easter Monday, 21st August and December. THURLESTON, a par. in the hund. of Stanhorough, co. Devon, 4 miles S.W. of Kingsbiidge, its post town, Aiid 13 W. of Kingsbridge-road railway station. The village is situated on the eastern bank of the river Avon, near Bigbury Bay, in the English Channel. The par. includes the hmlts. of Buckland, Banthorn, and Avonmouth. The soil is loamy, with a subsoil of rock. Tho living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 321. There is a day-school for both sexes. The Earl of Devon is lord of the manor. THURLOW, GREAT, a par. in the bund, of Ris- bridge, co. Suffolk, 10 miles S.E. of Newmarket, its post town, and 3 N.E. of Haverhill. It is situated on a branch of the river Stour. A hospital or free chapel was founded here in the reign of Richard II., as a cell to Hautpays, or " De Alto Passu," and was given by Edward IV. to King's College, Cambridge. Great Thurlow Hall was the seat of the Vernon family. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 300. The church is dedicated to All Saints. THURLOW, LITTLE, a par. in the hund. of Ris- bridge, co. Suffolk, 10 miles from Newmarket, its post town, and 5 N.E. of Haverhill. The village is chiefly agricultural. It is a meet for the Suffolk hounds. Little Thurlow Hall, the seat of the Soame family, was built by Sir Stephen Soame, Knt., Lord Mayor of London, who died in 1619. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 401. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, contains the brass of a knight in armour, hear- ing date 1500. The parochial charities produce about i'69 per annum, of which 60 go to Sir S. Soame's school and almshouses for eight inmates. THURLOXTON, a par. in the hund. of North Petherton, co. Somerset, 5 miles N.E. of Taunton, and 5 S.W. of Bridgwater. The village is situated on the road from Taunton to Bridgwater. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 170. The church is dedicated to St. Giles. The register dates from 1538. There is a Sunday-school. Lord Portman is lord of the manor. THURLSTONE, a tnshp. in the par. of Penistone, wap. of Stuincross, West Riding co. York, 1 mile W. of Penistone, its post town, 8 miles S.W. of Barnsley, and 2 W. of Hazlewood station ou the Manchester, Shef- field, and Lincolnshire railway. The village, which is spacious and well built, is situated on the N. bank of the river Don, on which are several mills. The tnshp. comprises 7,740 acres, a considerable portion of which is wild, uncultivated moor, extending to the confines of co. Chester. It contains the hmlts. of Carlcoats and Ecklands. The cultivated lands are fertile, and the neighbourhood abounds in springs. The substratum consists of grit-stone, ironstone, and coal, the last being of an excellent quality, from a bed named the Halifax. Many of the inhabitants are employed in the woollen manufacture, which has long been the staple trade of the place. There is a school for both sexes, at which divine worship is performed on Sunday evenings. The Independents and Wesleyans have chapels, and the former a school. Nicholas Saunderson, the eminent blind mathematician, was born here in 1082. The Earl cf Scarborough is lord of the manor. THURLTON, a par. in the hund. of Clavering, co. Norfolk, 5 miles S.E. of Loddon, its post town, and 6 N. of Beccles. The village, which is extensive, is situ- ated near the Lowestoft railway. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of Norwich, val. 211, in the patron, of trustees. The church is dedicated to All Saints. The register dates from 1558. The parochial charities pro- duce about 16 per annum, realised from church lands. There is a National school for both sexes. The Wes- Jeyans have a chapel. THURLTON, a par. within the liberty of the borough of Ipswich, co. Suffolk, 2 miles N.W. of Ipswich. The living is a rect. annexed to that of Whitton. The church u dedicated to St Botolph. THURMASTON, NORTH, a tnshp. and chplry. in the pars, of Barkby and Belgrave, co. Leicester, 3J miles N.E. of Leicester, its post town, and 1 mile from the Syston station on the Midland Counties railway. The village is situated on the river Soar, and tiear the ancient Fosse Way. The inhabitants are employed in frame-work knitting and in agriculture. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 106. The church, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, has been recently rebuilt, after having remained in ruins for almost a century. There is a National school for both sexes, erected in 1814. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have chapels. W. A. Pochin, Esq., and T. Allen, Esq., are lords of the manor. THURMASTON, SOUTH, a tnshp. and chplry. in the par. of Belgrave, co. Leicester, 3 miles N.E. of Leicester. The village, which is considerable, is situ- ated near the Leicester canal, which here joins the Melton-Mowbray canal, and is intersected by the an- cient Fosse Way on which the Roman milliariutn was discovered in 1771. This relic of antiquity is 3J feet high and 7| inches in circumference, and now stands on a pillar in the town of Leicester. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 120. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is an ancient structure, con- taining monuments to the family of Simons. There is a chapel for Wesleyans, and a National school. THURNBY, a par. in the hund. of Gartree, co. Lei- cester, 4 miles S.E. of Leicester, its post town. The par. includes the hmlts. of Bushby and Stoughton. In the vicinity is a petrifying spring. The living is a vi.* with the cur. of Stoughton annexed, in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 258. The church is dedicated to St. Luke. There is also a chapel-of-ease at Stoughton. The parochial charities produce about 36 per annum. There is a free school. G. A. L. Keck, Esq., is lord of the manor. THURNE. See THIRNE, co. Norfolk. THURNHAM, a tnshp. in the pars, of Lancaster and Cockerham, hund. of Lonsdale South of the Sands, co. Lancaster, 4J miles S.W. of Lancaster, its post town. The village is situated where the branch canal joins the river Lune, and contains the harbour of Lancaster called Glasson Dock ; this last was constructed in 1787, and capable of containing 25 merchant vessels. A con- siderable traffic is carried on. Within the township are the remains of Cockersand Abbey, situated on a neck of land projecting into the sea, and adjoining the Cocker Sands, from which the abbey derived its name. The ruins consist of an octagonal chapter-house, with a roof supported on a single central column, now the sepul- chral chapel of the Daltons. The Roman Catholics have a chapel and a school. THURNING, a par. in the hund. of Eynsford, co. Norfolk, 6 miles S. of Holt, and 8 N.E. of Elham rail- way station. Thetford is its post town. The village is situated on the river Bure. The soil is favourable to the growth of oak timber, and the meadows for the abundance and variety of wild flowers. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Norwich, val. 350, in the patron, of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. The chancel is dilapidated, but the rest of the edifice was restored in 1825. The register dates from 1715. The principal residence is Thurning Hall. THURNING, a par. partly in the hund. of Pole- brook, co. Northampton, and partly in Leightonstone, co. Huntingdon, 5 miles S.E. of Oundle, its post town, and 13 N.W. of Huntingdon. The village is situated on a branch of the river Ouse. The land is partly in common, interspersed with wood. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 181, in the patron, of Emanue College, Cambridge. The church is dedicated to St. James. The parochial charities produce about 1 per annum. There is a National school for both sexes. The Earl of Sandwich is lord of the manor. THURNSCOE, a par. in the N. div. of Strafforth wap., West Riding co. York, 7J miles N.W. of Doncaster, its poet town, and 2J from the Darfield station on tho