Tewkesbury (or Northern) Division, pari. div. of

Gloucestershire, pop. 49,465.

Texa Island, off SE. coast of Islay island, Argyll-
shire, 2 miles SE. of Port Ellen.

Tey, rivulet, Kent; flows to the Beult nr. Staplehurst.

Tey, Great, par., Essex, 2 m. NW. of Marks Tey sta.
and 3 m. NE. of Coggeshall, 2626 ac., pop. 691; P.O.

Tey, Little, par., Essex, 1 mile S. of Great Tey, 491
ac., pop. 67.

Tey, Marks, Essex. See Marks Tet.

Teynhaui.—par. and vil. with ry. sta., Kent, near a
creek of the Swale, 3% miles NW. of Faversham, 2474
ac. and 390 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 1790; the
archbishops of Canterbury had a magnificent manor-
house here; the dist. is famous for its orchards and
cherry gardens; Teynham gives the title of baron to
the family of Curzon.—2. Teynham, hundred, Scray
lathe, Kent, 10,001 ac., pop. 3889.

Thackley, hamlet with ry. sta., Calverley par., N.
div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 3 m. N. of Bradford; P.O.

Thalnston, seat, in par. and 2% miles NW. of
Kintore, Aberdeenshire.

Thakekam, par. and vil., Sussex, 6% miles NW. of
Steyning, 3000 ac., pop. 539; P.O.

Thame.—market town and par., Oxfordshire, on
river Thame, 15% miles E. of Oxford and 48 miles NW.
of London by rail, 5229 ac., pop. 3267; P.O., T.O., 3
Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Tuesday. Thame
dates from Roman times, has remains of an abbey
founded in 1138, and contains the house in which John
Hampden (1594-1643) died.—2. Thame, river, Bucks
and Oxford; rises near Dunton, in Bucks, and flows 30
miles SW. to the Thames at Dorchester, 4 miles above
Wallingford.—3. Thame, hundred, Oxfordshire, 10,903
ac., pop. 4845.

Thames, the most important river of Great Britain ;
rises on the E. side of the Cotswold Hills, in 4 head-
streams (the Thames or Isis, Churn, Coin, and Leach),
which unite near Lechlade, on the border of Gloucester,
Wilts, Berks, and Oxford ;_ flows E. along the boundary
between Oxford, Bucks, Middlesex, and Essex on the N.,
and Berks, Surrey, and Kent on the S., past the towns
of Oxford, Abingdon, Reading, Great Marlow, Wind-
sor, Staines, Chertsey, Kingston, Richmond, and Brent-
ford, and through London, to the Nore, where its
estuary terminates in the North Sea. It receives as
tributaries, on the left, the Windrush, Evenlode, Cher-
well, Thame, Colne, Brent, Lea, and Roding; and on
the right, the Kennet, Loddon, Wey, Mole, Wandle,
Ravensbourne, Cray, and Darent; and it communicates,
by means of numerous canals, with all the other great
rivers of the kingdom. In its upper course it passes
through some of the richest agricultural districts of the
country; and below London Bridge it is one of the most
important commercial highways in the world, the accom-
modation for shipping being of the most extensive
description. From Lechlade to the Nore its direct course
is 124 miles, and its indirect course 250 miles; at Lon-
don Bridge its width is 266 yards, at Woolwich 490
yards, at Gravesend 800 yards, 3 miles below Gravesend
1290 yards, and at the Nore over 5 miles. It is navigable
by vessels of 1400 tons up to Blackwall, by vessels of
800 tons up to St Katherine’s Docks, adjoining the
Tower, and by barges up to Lechlade. The part of the
river between London Bridge and Blackwall constitutes
the Port of London, the portion immediately below
the bridge being called the Pool, usually occupied by
coal ships.

Thames Embankment, The, includes the Albert
Embankment (opened 1869), on the Surrey side of the
river, from Westminster Bridge to Vauxhall; the Vic-
toria Embankment (1870), on the Middlesex side of the
river, from Westminster Bridge to Blackfriars; and the
Chelsea Embankment (1874), on the same side of the
river, from Chelsea Bridge to Battersea Bridge. This
gigantic engineering work has already cost several
millions.

Thames Tunnel, The, between Rotherhithe, Surrey,
and Wapping, Middlesex, about 2 miles below London
Bridge; is 1300 ft. long, and 75 ft. beneath low-water
mark; constructed (1825-1843) by Brunei, it was origi-
nally designed for waggons and foot-passengers, but is
now the property of the East London Ry. Co., who run
their trains through it; adjacent is the Thames Steam
Ferry, opened 1877.