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Rh TIBBERTON. 657 TICKHILL. miles N.W. of Newport. The village is situated on the river Mees. In the vicinity is a. paper-mill. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 100, in the patron, of the Rector of Edgmond. The church, dedicated to All Saints, was rebuilt in 1812. There is a National school. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel. TIBBERTON. a par. in the hund. of Duchy of Lan- caster, co. Gloucester, 5 miles N.W. of Gloucester, its post town, aud 4 N. of Oake-street railway station, on the South Wales line of railway. The village is situated on the Newent road, near the Hereford and Gloucester canal. The soil consists of a deep loamy clay, with a sub- soil of marl. A stream called the Tibberton brook falls into the river Leddon in the adjacent parish of Rudford. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, val. 350. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, contains several monuments. The parochial charities produce about 10 per annum. There is a Bri- tish school and a chapel for the Wesleyans. Tibberton Court is the principal residence. W. P. Price, Esq., is lord of the manor and principal landowner. TIBBERTON, a par. in the middle div. of Oswald- slow hund., co. Worcester, 4 miles S. of Droitwich, its post town, 4J N.E. of Worcester, and 2 N. of the Spetehley railway station. The village is situated near the Worcester and Birmingham canal. Gloves are made. The living is a vie. annexed to that of Bredicot, in the dioc. of Worcester. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. The parochial charities produce about 4 per annum, besides a poor's house. A schoolroom has been built, which opens into the church on the N. side. T1BB1NGTON. See TIPTON, co. Stafford. T1BENHAM, or T1BBENHAS1, a par. in the hund. of Depwade, co. Norfolk, 2 miles W. of Tivetshall rail- way station, and 14 S.W. of Norwich. The village is near the river Yare. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Norwich, val. 335, in the patron, of the bishop. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is old, with a tower sur- mounted at the angles by figures of the four Evangelists, and containing six bells. There is a chapel dedicated to St. Nicholas. The register dates from 1558. The parochial charities produce about 70 per annum. There is a National school for both sexes, and a chapel for the Primitive Methodists. Sir R. J. Buxton, Bart., and J. Petre, Esq., are lords of the manor. TIBERTON, a par. in the hund. of Webtree, co. Hereford, 9 miles W. of Hereford, its post town, and 11 S. of Weobley. The village is situated on the main road from Hereford to Hay. The soil is sandy upon a subsoil of sandstone rock. The living is a cur., annexed to the vie. of Madley, in the dioc. of Hereford. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is a modern structure, erected at the expense of the Rev. H. Lewarner. In the interior is a carved altar-piece representing the crucifixion. The parochial charities produce about 7 10. per annum. There is a school supported by the Rev. H. Lowarner, of Tibertou Court, who is lord of the manor and principal landowner. TIBOHINE, a par. in the bar. of Frenchpark, co. Roscommon, prov. of Ulster, Ireland. The surface is boggy. It contains Frenchpark, its post town, and Lpughglynn [which see]. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Elphin, val. 289, in the patron, of the bishop. TIBSHELF, a par. in the hund. of Scarsdale, co. Derby, 4J miles N.E. of Alfreton, and 3 E. of Stretton railway station. The village is situated on the road from Mansfield to Matlock. Many of the inhabitants are employed in frame-work knitting, and in the collieries. Nearly the whole of the parish id the property of St. Thomas's Hospital, by a grant of Edward VI. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 172. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. The body was rebuilt in 1727, but the tower and chancel are much more ancient. There is a parochial school for both sexes. The Wesleyans have a chapel. The trustees of St. Thomas's Hospital, London, are lords of the manor. TIBTHORPE, a tnshp. in the par. of Kirkburn, Bainton-Beacon div. of Harthill wap., East Riding co. York, 4 miles S.W. of Great Driffield, and 1 mile from the parish church of Kirkburn. It is situated on the Wolds. The Wesleyans have a chapel. TICEHURST, a par. and small town in the hund. of Shoyswell, rape of Hastings, co. Sussex, 9 miles S.E. of Tonbridgo Wells, and 2 miles from the Ticehurst-road station on the Tonbridge Wells and Hastings branch of the South-Eastern railway. The par. includes the chplries. of Flimwell and Stonegate. The surface is undulating and well wooded. The town is situated on an eminence on the road from Tonbridge Wells to Rye and Hastings. In its immediate vicinity is Highlands, a lunatic asylum. The population of the parish in 1851 was 2,850, and in 1861, 2,758. Hops are extensively culti- vated. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Chichester, val. 350, in the patron, of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient structure, with a tower containing a clock and six bells. It has two side chapels, and contains a pinnacled font. The register dates from 1559. There are besides district churches at Stonegate and Flimwell j the former, dedicated to St. Peter, was erected in 1838 at a cost of 1,100, defrayed by Mrs. Courthorpe of Whiligh, and the latter, dedicated to St. Augustine, was erected in 1839. The livings of both are perpet. curs. The Wesleyans and Baptists have chapels. There are National schools in connection with the several eccle- siastical districts, also a Sunday-school. Ticehurst Poor-law Union comprises 8 parishes or places, which also form a superintendent registry, but belongs to the Tonbridge Wells New County Court district. Fairs are held on the 4th May and 7th October. TICHBORNE. See TITCHBORNE, co. Hants. TICKENCOTE, a par. in the hund. of East, co. Rutland, 3 miles N.W. of Stamford, its post town, and 9 E. of Oakham. The village is situated on the road from London to York, and near the river Gwash. Tickencote is mentioned in Domesday Book as being held by the Countess Judith. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 138. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, was partially rebuilt in 1792 at tho expense of Eliza Wingfield, the Saxon chancel being preserved. Stukeley describes it in his time as " the most venerable church extant," and says it "was the entire oratory of Prince Peada, founder of Peterborough Abbey." The principal residence is Tickencote Hall, a building of great antiquity. J. M. Wingfield, Esq., is lord of the manor and sole landowner. TICKENHAM, a par. in the hund. of Portbury, CO. Somerset, 2 miles S. of the Nailsea station on the Brislol and Exeter railway, and 10 S.W. of Bristol. Clevedon is its post town. The village is situated on the declivity of a range of hills skirting the road from Bristol to Clevedon. On the summit of the hill above the village is Cadbury Castle, a double-ditched Roman camp. The soil is of various qualities, with a subsoil of limestone, which is extensively quarried. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 163, in the patron, of the Bishop of Worcester. The church, dedi- cated to St. Quiricus and Julietta, contains effigies of the Berkeley family, who resided at Tickenham Court, the ruins of which still exist. There is a National school for both sexes. The Plymouth Brethren have a chapel. Sir J. H. G. Smyth, Bart., is lord of the manor. T1CKENHURST, ahmlt. in the par. of Northbourns, hund. of Cornilo, lathe of St. Augustine, co. Kent, 3 miles S. of Sandwich. TICKHILL, a par. and market town in the S. div. of Strafforth and Tickhill waps., West Riding co. York, 7 miles S. of Doncaster, and 4j from Bawtry railway station. Rotherham is its post town. It is situated in a fertile valley, on the borders of Notting- hamshire, includes the tnshps. of Stancil,Wellingley,and Wilaick, and has the ruins of an Austin priory founded in the reign of Henry III. This manor was given by William the Conqueror to Roger de Bnslis, who erected the castle, which with the honour came to King Stephen's