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Rh TURTON. 702 TUTBURY houses are substantial, and most of them have gardens attached. The town contains a townhall, a public library, several branch banks, and an ancient cross in the principal street. The population has rapidly increased of late years, and in 1851 numbered 1,693. The principal manufactures carried on are tho spinning of linen yarn and bleaching, weaving of woollen and linen cloth by hand-loom, and the dyeing of woollen and silks. The par. is the seat of a presby- tery in the synod of Aberdeen. The minister's stipend is about 250. The parish church was built in 1794, and enlarged in 1830. There are a Free Church, and an Episcopalian chapel, and four non-parochial schools. Sheriff small-debt courts are held in March, June, Sep- tember, and December, and fairs on fixed days in each month, with the exception of March, July, and Sep- tember. TURTON, a chplry. in the par. of Bolton, hund. of Salford, co. Lancaster, 4 miles N. of Bolton, its post town, and near the Chapel-town and Oaks railway stations. It is situated on the Roman way to Man- chester, and is bounded by two rivulets tributary to the Irwell. Many of the inhabitants are employed in cotton mills, dyeing, bleaching, and print works. There are also numerous stone quarries. The land is principally in pasture. At a farm called Turton Tower is an ancient structure of four stories, formerly the residence of the Chethams, Orrells, and Greames, but now a farmhouse. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Man- chester, val. 161. The church, dedicated to St. Ann, has a stained E. window, and was built in 1840. The parochial charities produce about 31 per annum. There are day and Sunday schools for both sexes. The Independents, Presbyterians, and Unitarians have chapels. J. Kay, Esq., is lord of the manor. A fair is held on the 4th and 5th September for cattle and horses. TURVEY, a par. in the hund. of Willey, co. Bed- ford, 9 miles N.E. of Newport Pagnell, its post town, and 4 E. of Olney. The village is situated on the road from Northampton to Bedford, near the river Ouse, which here divides the cos. of Beds and Bucks. The manufac- ture of pillow lace is carried on. The soil consists of gravol and stony clay. There are quarries of limestone and stone for building. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 365. The church, dedicated to All Saints, has recently been enlarged and restored, with the addition of an organ, at an expense of about 1,000. In the interior are three brasses and tombs of the Mordaunts. The charities are extensive. There are Mational and infant schools, also chapels for the Inde- pendents and Wesleyans. Turvey Abbey, the seat of C. L. Higgins, Esq., who is lord of the manor, is the principal residence. TURVEYBRIDGE, a hmlt. in the bar. of East Bal- rothery, co. Dublin, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 3 miles N.E. of Swords. The principal residence is Turvey, the seat of Lord Trimlestown. TURVILLE, a par. in the hund. of Desborough, co. Bunks, 7 miles from Henley, its post town, and 8 from High Wycombe. The soil is clay upon a substratum of limestone. The river Ouse rises near this place. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Oxford, vaL 107. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is a free school, mainly supported by Lady Lyndhurst. Turville Park is the principal residence. The manor of Turville was once held partly by St. Alban's Abbey, and afterwards by the Botelers. Many coins of Vespasian, Trajan, and other Roman emperors have been found here. J. Bailey, Esq., is lord of the manor. TURWESTON, a par. in the hund. of Buckingham, co. Bucks, 1 mile from Brackley, its post town, and 6 miles from Buckingham. The village is situated near the river Ouse. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 300, in the patron, of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There are day and Sunday schools. TUSH1ELAW BURN, a stream, co. Selkirk, Scot- land, joins the Ettrick. On its banks are the ruins of Tushielaw Tower. TDSHINGHAM-CUM-GRINDLEY, a tnshp. in the par. of Malpas, higher div. of Broxton hund., co. Ches- ter, 3 miles S.E. of Malpas, near the; Ellesmere canal. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Chester, in the patron, of the Rector of Malpas. The chapel is de- dicated to St. Chad. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel. The trustees of the late D. Vaudrey, Esq., aro lords of the manor. TUSKAR, a cluster of rocks, off the coast of Wexford, Ireland, 5 miles S.E. of Greenore Point. TUSKAR, a reef at tho mouth of the river Ogmore, co. Glamorgan. TUSMORE, a par. in the hund. of Ploughley, co. Oxford, 4 miles N.W. of Bicester, its post town, and 5 from Brackley. It ia a meet for Mr. Drake's hounds. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 15, in the patron, of trustees. There is no church. Tusmore Hall is the principal residence. TUTBURY, a par. and post town in the N. div. of Offlow hund., co. Stafford, 4 miles N.W. of Burton- upon-Trent, and 8 S.E. of Uttoxeter. It is a station on the North Staffordshire railway. It is a decayed market town situated in Needwood Forest, on the river Dove. In the Saxon times it was a Mercian fort, and after the Norman conquest was given by William the Conqueror to Henry de Ferrars, who built the priory and castle, and in whoso family it remained till Robert de Ferrars, joining Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, in his rebellion against Henry III., forfeited it in 1250, when the king bestowed it on his second son Edmund, Earl of Lancaster. In consequence of the rebellion of Thomas Earl of Lancaster against Edward II., it again reverted to the crown in 1332, when the castle was allowed to go to ruins, but was rebuilt by John of Gaunt upon the ancient site in 1350 for his wife Con- stance. Upon the death of John of Gaunt it passed to his son, afterwards Henry IV., the honour and castlo of Tutbury, with other properties, thus becoming attached to the crown in right of the Duchy of Lancaster. Its jurisdiction extends over a great portion of Stafford- shire, and into several of the adjoining counties. This castle was for some time the place of confinement of Mary Queen of Scots, and at the commencement of the civil war it was garrisoned for Charles I., who resided here in 1643, but it succumbed to the par- liamentary forces under Colonel Brereton in 1645, and was shortly afterwards dismantled by order of Parliament. The ruins occupy the site of the lofty mount overlooking the valley of the Dove, and comprise the gateway and part of the walls and towers, surrounded by a deep dry moat. In 1831 upwards of 100,000 coins of Edward I., Edward II., Henry III., Alexander III. of Scotland, with some of Irish and foreign mints, were discovered in the. Dove, supposed to have been lost by Thomas Earl of Lancaster, in his retreat from Tutbury Castle in 1322 ; they are now in the British Museum. The town, situated on the W. bank of the river Dove, which is crossed by a modern bridge, was at an early period erected into a free borough, and possessed many privileges. On the river are extensive corn and cotton- spinning mills,and there isalargemanufactoryformaking and cutting glass. The population in 1861 was 1,982. The country between Tutbury and Needwood Forest abounds in alabaster. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 290. The church, dedicated to tho Virgin Mary, was once a part of the Benedictine priory founded in'lOSO as a cell to the Abbey of St. Peter- super-Divam, in Normandy. The church is now under restoration. The parochial charities produce about 650 per annum, of which 438 go towards apprenticing poor children, and to other charitable uses. The Indepen- dents, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists have chapels. There are National and free schools, and an infant school. Berkley Lodge, Needwood House, and East Lodge are the chief residences. The Queen is lady of the manor. Ann Moore, the impostor, who professed to live without food, resided here. Fairs for cattle, horses, &c., nra held on the 14th February, 15th August, and 1st De- cember.