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Rh TIDIFORD. 659 TILLEY. The Independents, Wesleyans, Roman, Catholics, anc Primitive Methodists have chapels. The Duke o Devonshire is lord of the manor. Market day is on Wednesday. Fairs are held on 24th March, 15th May last Wednesday in July, second Wednesday in Sep- tember, and 29th October for cattle, horses, and sheep. TIDIFORD, a vil. und chplry. in the par. of St Germans, co. Cornwall, 2 miles from St. Germans, on the Tidi, a branch of the river Lynher. TIDMARSH, a par. in the hund. of Theale, co. Berks, 7 miles W. of Reading, its post town, and 1 mile S.W. of Pangbourne. The village is situated on a branch 01 the river Thames, near the Great Western railway. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 223. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, contains two old brasses. The parochial charities produce about 18 per annum. The Park is the principal residence. J. Hop- kins, Esq., is lord of the manor. TIDMINGTON, a par. in the upper div. of Oswalds- low hund., co. Worcester, but locally in the Kington div. of Kington hund., co. Warwick, 1 mile S.E. ol Shipston, its post town. The village is situated on the river Stour, and formed part of Tredington till 1720, when the rectory of the old parish was divided into three, forming the parishes of Tidmington, Shipston, and Tredington. The living is a rect. annexed to that of Shipston-uppn-Stour, in the dioc. of Worcester. Tid- mington Hall is the principal residence. TIDPIT, a tythg. in the par. of St. Martin's, co. Wilts, 8 miles S.W. of Salisbury. TID WORTH, NORTH, a par. in the hund. of Amesbury, co. Wilts, 2 miles S.W. of Ludgershall, and 8 from Amesbury, on a branch of the river Avon, near Chidbury Camp. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Sarum, val. 266, in the patron, of the lord chancellor. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The cha- rities include Price's almshouses. TID WORTH, SOUTH, a par. in the hund. of Upper Andover, co. Hunts, 8 miles N.W. of Audover, 3 S.W. of Ludgershall, and 15 from Marlborough, its post town. The par. includes the hmlt. of Hampshire Cross. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Winchester, vul. 379. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. TIERSHANAHAN, a vil. in the par. of Ballyheigo, bar. of Clanmaurice, co. Kerry, 15 miles N.W. of Tralee. TIFFIELD, a par. in the hund. of Towcester, co. Northampton, 2J miles N.E. of Towcester, its post town, and 3 S.W. of the Blisworth railway station. The village is situated on the old Roman Watling Street. Lord Southampton's hounds meet in this parish. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 275. The church is dedicated to St. John. There are some small charities. The Earl of Pomfret is lord of the manor. TIGERTON, a vil. in the par. of Menmuir, co. For- far, Scotland, 5 miles N.W. of Brechin, near Cruick Water. TIKILLIN, a par. in the bar. of East Shelmaliere, co. Wexford, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 3 miles N.W. of Wexford. The parish is traversed bytheriverSlaney,and includes the vil. of Castlebridge. The river is spanned by a bridge of American oak. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Ferns, partly joined to Kilpatrick, and partly to Ardcolme. The church has long been in ruins. In the Roman Catholic arrangement this parish is united to that of Crossabeg. The piincipal seuts are Percy Lodge, Killown, and Newtown Lodge. The remains of Deeps Castle are visible. TILBERTHWAITE, a limit, in the par. of Hawks- head, co. Lancaster, 2 miles N.W. of Hawkshead-in- Yewdale, near Tilberthwaite Fells. TILBROOK, a par. in the hund. of Stodden, co. Bedford, 1J mile N.W. of Kimbolton, its post town, and 8 miles E. of Higham-Ferrars. The village is situated in a valley. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 388. The church is dedicated to All Saints. Lord St. John is lord of the manor. TILBURY, EAST, a par. in the hund. of Barstable. oo. Essex, 3 miles N.E. of Gravesend, 5 E. of Grays, and VOL. HI. 1 mile from the Low Street station, on the London, Til- bury, and Southend railway. It is situated in a marshy district on the bank of the Thames, opposite Gravesend. The South Essex hounds meet here. The village has an old seat of the Gossalyne family. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 558, in the patron, of the lord chancellor. The church, dedicated to St. Margaret, is an ancient structure, the tower of which was consider- ably damaged by the Dutch in the reign of Charles II. The Wesleyans have a chapel, and there is a parochial school. TILBURY- JUXTA-CLA RE, a par. in the hund. of Hinckford, co. Essex, 4 miles N.W. of Castle-Heding- ham. The living is a rect.* consolidated with that of Ovington. TILBURY, WEST, a par. and small river port in the hund. of Barstable, co. Essex, 2 miles N.W. of East Tilbury, 16 S.E. of Romford, and 2 N.E. of the Tilbury railway station, in the adjoining parish of Chadwell. It is a steamboat station, and has steam-ferries to West Street, Gravesend, and Rosherville piers ; also steam- communication with Southend, Sheerness, Margate, and Ramsgate, from the railway pier of the London, Tilbury, and Southend line. It is situated in a marshy district at the ferry over the Thames to Gravesend, a little above Hope Point. It is mentioned by Bede as Tilla- burgh, and was the seat of the East Saxon diocese, founded by Bishop Cedda, or St. Chad, in the 7th cen- tury. It was selected by Henry VIII. as the site of a fort or blockhouse, and was strengthened by Elizabeth, who here harangued her troops in 1588, on tho ap- proach of the Armada. The fort was strengthened by Beckman for Charles II. in 1667, after the Dutch fleet had sailed up the Medway, f.nd battered down the tower of East Tilbury church. There are still traces of Elizabeth's camp, the old writer-gate and block- house, also barracks defended by Itirge bastions, and a ditch covered by heavy batteries. It has a considerable garrison, and extensive military works are now in pro- gress, both here and at East Tilbury. The village cf West Tilbury is bmall, with a few new houses near the station for the accommodation of the railway officials. There is a mineral spring, and some hides or caves it the chalk called Danes' holes. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 558, in tho patron, of the lord chancellor. The church is dedicated to St. James. The register dates from 1546. The living was once held by Archbishop Laud. There is an infant school. TILDERSLEY. See TYLDESLEY, co. Lancaster. TILEHURST, a par. in the hund. of Reading, co. Berks, 3 miles W. of Reading, its post town. 'The village is situated between the rivers Thames and Ken- net. It formerly included the hmlt. of Theale, which has been constituted a separate par. by Act of Parlia- ment. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Oxford. Tho church, dedicated to St. Michael, is an ancient structure with a tower and seven bells. The interior contains a monument of Sir Peter Vanlore, who died in 1627, and some ancient brasses. The parochial charities produce about 37 per annum, besides almshouses for six widows of sixty years and upwards, belonging to the parishes of Burghfield and Tilehurst. There is a National school for i>oth sexes. The Independents have a chapel. Calcot I Inusi! is the principal residence. Colonel Blagrave is ,ord of the manor. TILEY, a hmlt. in the par. of Mintern Magna, co. Dorset, 2 miles N. of Cerne Abbas. TILFORD, a tythg. in the par. of Farnham, co. Surrey, 3 miles S.E. of Farnham, on the river Wey, near the Bridge. It is joined with Culverlands. TILGATE-FOREST, in the par. of Worth, hund. of Juttinghall, rape of Lewes, co. Sussex, 7 miles S.W. of iast Grinstead. It is situated on the Brighton railway, and was the seat of Sugdun, the lawyer. It forms part if St. Leonard's forest in the Weald. TILL, a river of co. Northumberland, rises in the Jheviots, and after receiving the waters of the Glen, oins the Tweed at Tilmouth House. TILLEY, a tnshp. in the par. of Wem, Wem div. of 4 a