TUNBRIDGE Beneficial waters. .pa Dorset.. 862 118 101 155 148 112 85 733 188 172 Kirkby Lons. 4 Lancaster 1 Crewkherne 9 Ilminster ....5 who had been consumptive, was restored to health by the use of the water; and Lord Abergavenny, who resided at Eridge, in the neighbourhood, was induced to make some local improvements for the accommodation of visiters. In the reign of Charles I., the queen, Henrietta Maria, effects of its came here to drink the water, when she and her attendants lodged under tents on the adjacent down, but many buildings were subsequently erected; and after the restoration of Charles II., the wells being visited by the queen and other persons of distinction, became a place of fashionable resort. Queen Anne, who was a frequent visiter here, gave a stone basin for the spring, whence it was subsequently called the Queen's Well; and she contributed towards the improvement of the walks, which having been paved with square bricks or tiles, received the name of the Pantiles, exchanged for that of the Parade, in 1793, when the spot was repaved with Purbeck stone. The only considerable manufacture carried on at this place consists of toys and turnery-ware, of cherry-tree, box, sycamore, &c., probably introduced from Spa, on the continent, where articles of that kind have been manufactured for a long period in great variety. Queen's Well. * TUNSTALL. Thurland Castle, the ancient seat of the Tunstalls, stands on a small elevation, surrounded by a deep circular fosse. It was Thurland re-edified in the reign of Henry IV.; in the civil war it was reduced to a ruin, in which state it remained till R. T. North, Esq., judiciously rebuilt the whole on the old foundation, and effected an air of restored antiquity. Castle. + TUNSTALL COURT is situated on an eminence, in the extensive district of the potteries. The Grand Trunk Canal passes near the town, and the great double tunnel, running two miles under Hare Castle Hill, is in the vicinity. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in the manufacture of porcelain, earthenware, blue bricks and tiles, and some chemical works, which are carried on to a considerable extent. In the neighbourhood are veins of coal, fine clay, limestone, iron-ore, and other mineral strata. The market was established in 1818, and the principal inhabitants, under the sanction of the lord of the manor, erected by means of shares, a neat court, and market-house. Market, Saturday. TURNHAM GREEN is situated on the great western road, contains many handsome houses, and is lighted with gas. It is within the jurisdiction of a court of requests, held in Kingsgate-street, Holborn, for the recovery of debts under 40s. 22 Turton .......chap Lancaster... Bolton 5 Turweston 38 Turwick ..pa Bucks. .pa Sussex.. 7 Tushingham ........to Chester 31 Tusmore 35 Tutburyt 39 Tutnal 27 Tuttington. ..pa Oxford pa Stafford.. .ham Warwick... pa Norfolk 30 Tuxford! ..mt & pa Notts.. Number of Miles from .4 Bury * TURTON contains several cotton-spinning, bleaching, dying, and printing-works; and the weaving of cotton by hand-looms is extensively carried on by the cottagers. A manorial court is held twice a-year. A school, in which ten boys are clothed and educated, was endowed by Humphrey Cheetham, Esq., in 1746, who also made provision for ten boys of this township, at Manchester College. Another school was founded and endowed by Abigail Cheetham, in which six boys are clothed and instructed. Turton Tower, formerly the residence of the Orrells, the Cheethams, and the Greames, is an embattled structure, four stories high, now occupied as a farm-house. + TUTBURY was formerly a market-town. It is situated on the west bank of the river Dove, which is crossed by a stone bridge of five arches; it was erected into a free borough at a very early period, and possessed a |variety of valuable privileges, though it never had the right of sending members to parliament. It had a good market, which gradually declined, as that of Burton increased, and at length was discontinued altogether. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in wool-combing, and on the river are extensive corn and cotton spinning-mills; there is also a considerable cut-glass manufactory. The King, as Duke of Lancaster, is lord of the manor, or honour of Tutbury, the jurisdiction of which extends over a great portion of Staffordshire, and into several of the neighbouring counties; courtsleet and baron are held annually in his majesty's name. The castle is said to have been first erected by Henry de Ferrars, a Norman nobleman; subsequently it became the property of John of Gaunt, who rebuilt the greater part of it on the ancient site, in 1350. Mary, Queen of Scots, was for some time imprisoned in this fortress, and at the commencement of the civil war it was garrisoned for the king, but in 1646 it was nearly demolished by order of parliament. The ruins stand Ruins of the on an alabaster hill, of considerable elevation, commanding a very fine and varied prospect, and are still sufficient to indicate its former extent and grandeur. The country between Tutbury and Needwood Forest abounds with alabaster. Ann Moore, who was said to have subsisted for nearly Ann Moore. five years without food, resided here during the period of her imposture. TUXFORD is situated on the great north road, and often called Tuxford-in-the-Clay, from its situation in that division of the wapentake. The town is small, and of modern appearance, having been rebuilt since 1702, when the old town was destroyed by fire. The inhabitants derive their principal support from travellers, but a rather extensive trade is carried on in hops, large quantities of which are grown in the neighbourhood. The free grammar-school was founded and endowed, in 1670, by Charles Read, Esq., who directed £20 per annum to be paid to the master, and £5 per annum towards the maintenance of four boys, being the sons of poor widows of ministers, and of decayed gentlemen and their widows, who are not able to maintain their charge from the age of seven to sixteen years. Here are also sundry benefactions for instructing poor children. Market, Monday. Fairs, May 12, for cattle, sheep, pigs, and poultry; September 25 and 28, for hops. castle. Grammar school. Middlewich .6 Knutsford ...7 S. Molton ...7 Dulverton ..10 Tiverton....17 Berwick onT 9 Coldstream..4 Wooler Congleton ..8 Cheltenham 8 ...7 ...14 Berks and Henley ......5 Oakingham..5 Reading....5 .chap Wilts. .to & cha Derby 5 Twyfordt 10 Twyford.. 23 Twyford. 24 Twyford 25 Twyford 27 Twyford 16 Twyford 57 Twynell's, St. 28 Twynell 53 Tybroughton. 6 Tydd, St. Giles.. 24 Tydd, St. Mary 56 Tyddyn... 56 Tyddyn-Prydd 50 Tydweiliog .pa Leicester .pa Middlesex pa Pembroke... ..to Montgomery 49 Tygwyn-Ar-Taff. ....to Carinarthen. 30 Tyln 12 Tyneham Colley Cibber. Howel Dda. .ham Notts.. ..pa Dorset.... Buckingham 6 Bicester ..6 Aylesbury..14 * TWICKENHAM. This place has long been noted for the pleasantness of its site, on the border of the great river Thames, and at a convenient distance from the metropolis; and hence it has, at different periods, become the residence of persons of distinguished taste and celebrity in the literary world. Pope, the poet, had a house here which was pulled down by a subsequent proprietor, the Baroness Howe; but a grotto which he had constructed in the adjoining pleasure-ground has been preserved. The principal attraction of Twickenham is the villa called Strawberry Hill, a mansion chiefly erected, ornamented, and furnished with appropriate elegance in the Gothic style, by Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, after whose death it became the property of the ingenious amateur artist, the Hon. Anne Seymour Damer. Among the residents here may also be mentioned the witty dramatist Colley Cibber; the distinguished comedian Catherine Clive; and Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk, who passed her latter days at this place, after having been the mistress of George II.; whose correspondence with persons of rank and literary celebrity, published since her death, affords proof of the lady's taste and talents. Within the parish are gunpowder and oil mills. Nearly opposite the church, in the centre of the river Thames, is an island called Twickenham Ait, about eight acres in extent, chiefly laid out with ornamental plantations; and here likewise is the Eel-pie House, a place of entertainment of ancient date, which was handsomely rebuilt in 1830. Fairs, Holy Thursday and August 9 and 10. + TWYFORD. Fairs, July 24 and October 11, for horses, toys, &c. TYGWYN-AR-TAF, was anciently the residence of the famous Cambrian lawgiver, Howel Dda, who convened the barons, clergy, and legislators of his country at this place, A.D. 940, and submitted to their adoption his admirable code of laws. |