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Lancashire, 5| miles E. of Liverpool, 2413 ac., pop.
629; P.O. at Tarbock Green.

Tarbolton, par. and vil. and ry. sta., Ayrshire—
par. (containing Annbank), 12,059 ac., pop. 3599; vil.,
on Water of Fail, 1
b mile NW. of Tarbolton sta. and

7 NE. of Ayr, pop. 922; P.O., T.o., and p.o. (at sta.),
called Tarbolton Station; was made a burgh of barony
in 1671. The vil. and its neighbourhood have many
reminiscences of the poet Burns.

Tardebigg, par. and vil., Worcestershire—par. (con-
taining the greater part of town of Redditch), 8994 ac.,
pop. 9495; vil.,
2\ miles SE. of Bromsgrove ; P.O.

Tarf, Water of.—Lochlee par., Forfarshire; flows 7b
miles SE. to the North Esk near Tarfside hamlet.—2.
Tarf, Water of, Blair Athole par., Perthshire, flowing
11 miles SE. to river Tilt; 15 yards above the junction
of the Tarf with the Tilt is a dangerous ford, now
spanned by the Bedford Memorial Bridge (1885).

Tarff, ry. sta., Tongland par., Kirkcudbrightshire,
3b miles N. of Kirkcudbright.

Tarff Water, Tongland par., Kirkcudbrightshire;
flows 9 miles S. to river Dee, 2 m. N. of Kirkcudbright.

Tarfside, hamlet, Lochlee par., Forfarshire, 12 miles
NW. of Edzell; P.O.

Tarland, vil., Tarland-Migvie par., Aberdeenshire,
on Tarland Burn, 5
b miles NW. of Aboyne ry. sta.,
pop. 374; P.O., T.o., 2 Banks.

Tarland-Migvie, par., Aberdeenshire, 17,353 ac.,
pop. 1173; contains Tarland vil. with parish church;
another church is at Migvie, 3J? miles NW. of Tarland.

Tarleton.—par. and vil., SW. Lancashire, on river
Douglas, 2
b miles NW. of Croston ry. sta. and 8 SW.
of Preston, 5553 ac., pop. 1900; P.O.—2. Tarleton,
Gloucestershire. See
Torleton.

Tarlogie Honse, seat, in par. and 2 miles NW. of
Tain, Ross and Cromarty.

Tarinon, rivulet; rises in S. co. Donegal, and flows

8 miles SAV. past Pettigoe to Lower Lough Erne, N.
co. Fermanagh.

Tarmon Hill, in the Mullet, NW. co. Mayo, on
Blacksod Bay, alt. 342 ft.

Tarn Hows, tarn, N. Lancashire, 2f miles NE. of
Coniston.

Tarn Wadling, lakelet, Cumberland, under Blaze
Fell, near High Hesket; an ancient castle stood in it.

Tarnacre. See Rawcliffe, Upper, with Tarnacre.

Tarnbank, seat, Cumberland; post-tn., Cockermouth.

Tarndean, hamlet, Perranarworthal par., Cornwall,
4| miles SE. of Redruth.

Tarner, island, Inverness-shire. See Taarner.

Tarporley, market town, par., and township (ry.
sta. Beeston Castle and Tarporley, 2 miles S.), Cheshire,
10 miles SE. of Chester—township, 1144 ac., pop. 1350;
town and par., 6194 ac., pop. 2669; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank.
Market-day,
Thursday. Tarporley is an ancient place,
whose inhabitants are chiefly employed in the mfr. of
stockings and leather breeches. It is the headquarters
of the Cheshire Hunt. A battle, in which the Royalists
were victorious, was fought here in 1642.

Tarradale, seat and school, Urray par., Ross and
Cromarty, near Muir of Ord ry. sta.

Tarrant, stream, Dorset; rises in Tarrant Gunville
par., and flows 6 miles S. past the other Tarrant
parishes to the Stour opposite Spetisbury.

Tarrant Crawford, par., Dorset, 3 miles SE. of
Blandford, 600 ac., pop. 61; a nunnery was founded here
in time of Richard I., and was the burial-place of Joan,
daughter of King John, and Joan, queen of Alexander II.

Tarrant Gunville, par., Dorset, 5 miles NE. of
Blandford, 3425 ac., pop. 348 ; P.O.

Tarrant Hinton, par., Dorset, 2 miles SE. of Tarrant
Gunville, 2279 ac., pop. 237; P.O.

Tarrant Keynston, par. and vil., Dorset, 1 mile N.
of Tarrant Crawford, 1962 ac., pop. 272; P.O.

Tarrant Launceston, par., Dorset, adjacent to Tar-
rant Monckton, pop. 86.

Tarrant Monckton, par., Dorset, 3 miles SE. of
Tarrant Gunville, 3818 ac. (including Tarrant Laun-
ceston), pop. 212.

Tarrant Rawston,par., Dorset, adjacent to Tarrant
Rushton, 696 ac., pop. 48.

Tarrant Rusbton, par., Dorset, 3J miles E. of
Blandford, 1221 ac., pop. 170.

Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.

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