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Rh TODDENHA1I. 670 TOFT. W. div. of Morpeth ward, co. Northumberland, 7 miles N.W. of Morpeth, and 2 N.W. of Long Horsley. TODDENHAM, a par. in the upper div. of West- minster hund., co. Gloucester, 3J miles N.E. of Moreton- in-the-March, its post town, and 4 from Shipston-on- Stour. The village is situated on the river Stour and the ancient Fosseway. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, val. 500, in the patron, of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Thomas- a-Becket. In the chancel are some canopied stalls. Sir Peter Pole, Bart., is lord of the manor. There is a national school. TODDINGTON, a par. in the lower div. of Kiftsgate hund., co. Gloucester, 3j miles N. of Winchcombe, its post town, and 7 E. of Aschurch station on the Bristol and Birmingham railway. The village is situ- ated on the river Isborne, and on the high road from Tewkesbury to Stow. Toddington is mentioned in Doomsday book as being held by Herald, the father of John do Sudeley. The surface is in general flat, and the soil is of stiff clay. The living is a vie.,* with the perpet. cur. of Stanley Pontlarge annexed, in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol. The church, dedicated to St. Leonard, was rebuilt in 1723, near the site of the old one ; its interior contains nine figures of the apostles, 18 feet in height, brought from Hailes Abbey. The paro- chial charities consist of ten tons of coal distributed to the poor on New Year's Day, and two oxen at Christmas. Lord Sudeley is lord of the manor and principal land- owner. TODDINGTON, a par. and ancient market town in the hund. of Manshead, co. Bedford, 15 miles S. of Bedford, and 7 N. of the Dunstable railway station. This place was the scene of a battle between the Romans under Aulus Plautius and the Britons, in which the latter were defeated on Conger Hill. In the reign of Henry III. the manor, which was a free warren, was given to Sir Paulinus Peyvre, who rebuilt the ancient manor-house, and obtained for the inhabitants the pri- vilege of a market. The manor-house, successively the residence of the Duke of Cleveland and of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Stafford, was visited by Queen Elizabeth and James I., and was the place of conceal- ment of the Duke of Monmouth after the battle of Sedgmoor. The town is situated on an eminence. It had formerly an hospital and a market-house, but these have long since disappeared. The straw plait manufacture is carried on to some extent. The popu- lation in 1851 was 2,138, and in 1861, 2,433. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Ely, val. 830. The church, dedicated to St. George, is a Gothic structure, orna- mented with grotesque sculptures of various animals. The interior contains monuments to the Cheney and Wentworth families ; among them is one to Henrietta, Baroness Wentworth, who is said to have died of grief, n few months after the execution of James, Duke of Monmouth, to whom she had been betrothed, and an- other to Lady Maria Wentworth. The Baptists, Wes- leyans, and Primitive Methodists have chapels, and there are six almshouses. Market day, formerly on Thursday, was changed to Saturday in 1316. Fairs are held on 25th April, first Monday in June, 2nd November, and 6th December. TODHILLS, or TODHOLES, a vil. in the par. of Tealing, co. Forfar, Scotland, 6 miles N. of Dundee. TODMORDEN, a market and post town in the par. of Rochdale, hund. of Salford, co. Lancaster, 9 miles N.E. of Rochdale, and 12 W. of Halifax. It is a station on the eastern section of the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway, where the Burnley branch turns off. This place, anciently called Todmaredene, or " the valley of the Foxmere," is situated in the vale of the Calder, near the Halifax and Rochdale canal, and on the York- shire border, where it ex tends into the parish of Halifax. The town is well built and lighted with gas, and is under the local government of a board of magistrates, with a police inspector and two constables. Petty sessions are held once a fortnight, and a county court once a month at ii-fi Odd Fellows' Hall. The population of the town in 1861 was 11,797, of which number the tnshp. of Tod- morden, including the hmlt. of Walsden, contained 9,146 against 7,699 in 1851, the remainder were resi- dents within the adjoining tnshps. of Langfield and Stansfield. The gas-works were erected in 1847, at an expense of 10,000, and a savings-bank in 1857 ; there are also a brunch of the Manchester and Liverpool bank, a police station with lock-up, and several hotels. Many of the inhabitants are employed in the cotton mills, which trade includes various branches, as cotton spinning, fus- tians, velveteens, sattecns, dimities, and calicoes; the manufacture also of worsted goods has been introduced, and there are foundries and machine works of great magnitude, these last chiefly engaged in supplying the extensive manufactories in the neighbourhood. Water, stone, timber, and coal are abundant, which add to the advantages of this as a manufacturing district. In .addition to the numerous water-mills on the banks of the Calder, there are in the township several factories where the machinery is wholly propelled by steam ; but hand-loom weaving is now extinct. In the adjoining township of Langfield stands a stone column, first erected in 1815, to commemorate the termination of the French war; but having fallen down, was subsequently re- erected by subscription, at an expense of about 800. The principal seats are Scaitclifle, Todmorden Hall, Stansfield Hall, Centre Vale, and Ridge Foot. The Poor-law Union comprises 6 tnshps., but there is no union workhouse, the poor being relieved at their re- spective townships. The board of guardians meet at the Station House inn every Thursday. Two newspapers, the Todmorden Advertiser and Post are published in the town. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Manchester, val. 300, in the patron, of the Vicar of Rochdale. The church is dedicated to Christ. The chancel has a painted E. window. It was erected in 1831, and stands by the old one, dedicated to St. Mary, which is used as a chapel-of-ease. There is also a new church at Walsden, which by a recent Act of parliament has been constituted a separate parish for ecclesiastical purposes. There are National schools, partially endowed, for both sexes, and other schools, designated Short-time schools, supported by the principal manufacturers. The Wesleyans, Cal- vinists, Unitarians, and New Connexion and Association Methodists have chapels. Market day is on Saturday, and on the first Thursday in each month for cattle. Fairs are held on the Thursday before Easter, and on the 27th September for cattle, &c. TODRIDGE, a tnshp. in the par. of Hartburn, W. div. of Morpeth ward, co. Northumberland, 7 miles W. of Morpeth, and 2 W. of Hartburn. TODWICK, a par. in the S. div. of Strafforth wap., West Riding co. York, 7 miles S.E. of Rotherham, its post town, and 10J S.E. of Sheffield. The village is situated on the road from Sheffield to Worksop. There are quarries of good red grit-stone for building. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of York, val. 121. The church is dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul. The Duke of Leeds is lord of the manor. TOEM, a par. in the bars, of Clanwilliam and Upper Kimamanagh, co. Tipperary, prcv. of Munster, Ireland, 10 miles N. of Tipperary. The surface is slightly moun- tainous, but has a good soil, with some extent of bog. It includes the vil. of Cappaghwhite, and is traversed by the road from Tipperary to Nenagh, and by the river Any earthy. Copper ore is found in small quantities. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Cashel, and in the patron, of the bishop. The church is dilapidated. There are two Roman Catholic chapels, three public and two private schools, also a Sunday-school. There are traces of a cell belonging to the Abbey of Inchenemes, but which was granted to the Archbishop of Cashel by Queen Elizabeth. There is a medicinal spring in the vicinity. TOFT, a par. in the bund, of Longstow, co. Cam- bridge, 6 miles S.W. of Cambridge, its post town, and 10 N. of Royston. The living is a rect.* with the vie. of Caldecole annexed, in the dioc. of Ely, val. 287, in the patron, of Christ's College, Cambridge. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. There is a school