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TelTont Magna, par., Wilts, 1¼ mile NW. of Dinton sta. and 6¼ miles AV. of Wilton, ac. (included in Dinton), pop. 292.
Tehallun, par., in co. and 3 miles NE. of Monaghan, on Ulster Canal and r. Blackwater, 5946 ac., pop. 1845.
Teiiidy Park, seat of the Basset family, 3 miles NW. of Redruth, Cornwall.
Teifi (or Teivy), river, South Wales; rises in NE. of Cardiganshire, flows SW. past Tregaron to Lampeter, follows the boundary between Cardiganshire on the N. and Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire on the S., and falls into Cardigan Bay 4 miles below the town of Cardigan; is 50 miles long.
Teigli, par., Rutland, 5 miles N. of Oakham, 1267 ac., pop. 132.
Teign, river, Devon; rises in the centre of Dart- moor, and flows 30 miles SE. to the sea at Teignmouth.
Teign House Inn, on river Teign, Devon, 1¼ mile N. of Ashton sta.; is a resort of anglers.
Teignhridge, hundred, Devon, 58,520 ac., pop. 14,105; contains 12 pars.
Tcigngrace,par. andry. sta., Devon, onriver Teign, 2\ miles NW. of Newton Abbot, 1329 ac., pop. 172.
Teignholt, hamlet, Drewsteignton par., Devon, 3 miles NW. of Moreton Hampstead.
Teigninouth, market town, seaport, and watering- place, Devon, at mouth of river Teign, 15 miles S. of Exeter and 209 miles SW. of London by rail, 1238 ac., pop. 7120; P.O., T.o., 2 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market- day, Saturday. The town consists of the two parishes of East Teignmouth (745 ac., pop. 2482) and West Teignmouth (493 ac., pop. 4638). East Teignmouth is the watering-place; West Teignmouth is the port and place of business. (For shipping statistics, see Appendix.) The chief industries are shipbuilding and fishing. Two of the principal objects of interest are the Den, a promenade formed from a sandbank be- tween the town and the sea, and the wooden bridge, of 34 arches and 1672 ft. long, the longest wooden bridge in England, which connects Teignmouth with the village of Shaldon. Teignmouth furnished its quota of ships and men to the siege of Calais in 1347, and was thrice burnt by the French, twice about that time, and again in 1690.
Teignton. See Bishopsteignton, Drewsteignton, and Kingsteignton.
Teith, river, Perthshire; is formed by two head- streams which unite at Callander, and thence flows 13 miles SE. to the river Forth 2¼ miles NW. of Stirling. The N. head-stream flows through Lochs Doine, Voil, and Lubnaig, and is 25 miles long; the S. one flows through Glen Gyle to Loch Katrine, thence to Lochs Achray and Yennachar, and is 20 miles long.
Teivy, river, South Wales. See Teifi.
Telegraph Hill, highest point of St Marys, Scilly Islands; is crowned by a tower, which commands an extensive view.
Telhain Court, seat, near Battle, Sussex.
Tellarought, par., SW. co. Wexford, 4 miles SE. of New Ross, 1653 ac., pop. 252.
Tcllisford (or Tclsford), par., Somerset, on river Frome, 5 miles NE. of Frome, 757 ac., pop. 85.
Telscombe, par., Sussex, on the coast, 3 miles NW. of Newhaven, 1181 ac., pop. 94.
Tcltown, par. and seat, N. co. Meath, on river Blackwater, 2 miles SE. of Kells, 4266 ac., pop. 626.
Telych, hamlet, Llandingat par., Carmarthenshire, near Llandovery.
Teme, river, North Wales and Worcestershire ; rises on border of Radnor and Montgomery, and flows 60 miles SE. past Knighton, Ludlow, and Tenbury to the Severn, 1¼ mile S. of Worcester.
Templand, vil., in par. and 2¼ miles N. of Loch- maben, Dumfriesshire; P.O.
Temple.—sta. on Metropolitan District Ry., London, between Charing Cross and Blackfriars. The Temple is an extensive series of buildings on S. side of Fleet Street, belonging to the members of the two Inns of Court, and known as the Inner Temple and Middle Temple ; it takes its name from the Knights Tefnplars, who held it 1184-1313, and whose tombs are in the Temple Church (1185), built on the model of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, and one of the four round churches in England. Temple Bar, between Fleet Street and the Strand, divided the city of London from Westminster; it was designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1670, and taken down on tbe erection of the new Law Courts, commenced in 1874.—2. Temple, par. and vil., Cornwall, 6¼ miles NE. of Bodmin, 843 ac., pop. 38.—3. Temple, hamlet, Selbourne par., Hants, 4 miles SE. of Alton.
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