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Tweedsmuir, par., Peeblesshire, on river Tweed, 32,469 ac., pop. 215; the church stands lg mile SAY. of Crook Inn and 8 miles S. of Broughton ry. sta.
Twelve Pins, co. Galway. See Bennebeola.
Twemlow, township, Sandbach par., Cheshire, 5g miles NE. of Middlewich, 885 ac., pop. 163.
Twenty, ry. sta., Lincolnshire, 3^ miles E. of Bourn.
Twerton, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Somerset, on river Avon—par. (partly in parl. bor. of Bath), 971 ac., pop. 4833 ; vil., 2 miles W. of Bath; P.O., T.O.
Twickenham, town and par., Middlesex, on river Thames, 11£ miles SW. of London by rail, 2415 ac., pop. 12,479; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Twickenham is practically a suburb of Richmond, with which it is connected by Richmond Bridge. It was noted, in the 18th century, as a place of fashionable resort, and is associated with the names of many distinguished men, amongst whom are Pope, who resided here, and to whom there is a monument in St Marys church, and Horace AValpole, who built Strawberry Hill. Mansions, villas, and ornate cottages are very numerous, and much of the land is disposed in market gardens. Like Richmond, Twickenham is a resort of Londoners.
Twiginore, township, Manton par., Lincolnshire, 6 miles W. of Brigg, pop. 56.
Twigworth, township, Gloucester St Mary de Lode par., and eccl. dist., partly also in Gloucester St Cathe- rine par., in co. and 2g miles N. of Gloucester—dist., pop. 549 ; township, pop. 182; P.O.
Twineham, par., Sussex, 4| miles SAA7. of Cuck- field, 1937 ac., pop. 292; P.O.
Twining, par. and vil., Gloucestershire, 2 miles N. of Tewkesbury, 3155 ac., pop. 857; P.O., at Twyning Green.
Twinstcad, par., Essex, 3 miles SAY. of Sudbury, 1054 ac., pop. 200 ; contains Twinstead Hall, seat.
Twistieton, vil., Bentham par., N. div. AYest- Riding Yorkshire, 11 miles NAY. of Settle.
Twiston, township, AA7halley par., NE. Lancashire, 44 miles E. of Clitheroe, 865 ac., pop. 128.
Twitchen, par., Devon, 5 miles NE. of South Molton, 2918 ac., pop. 205.
Twivcrton, Somerset. See Twerton.
Twizel, township and ry. sta., Nor ham par., North- umberland, at the confluence of the Till and the Tweed, 3 miles NE. of Cornhill, 2273 ac., pop. 274; contains Twizel Castle ; Twizel Bridge, over the Till, was crossed by the English on their way to Flodden (1513), and figures in Marmion.
Twizell, township, Morpeth par., Northumberland, 6 miles SAY. of Morpeth, 775 ac., pop. 31.
Twizell Honse, seat, 3 miles S. of Belford, North- umberland.
Twll-du (the Devils Kitchen), wild chasm, 1 mile SAA*. of Llyn Idwal, Carnarvonshire; is only a few yards wide, while the perpendicular rocks which form its walls are from 200 to 300 ft. high.
Two Barrows Hill, Cornwall. See Tobar.
Two Bridges, place with inn, 8 miles E. of Tavis- tock, Devon, at the crossing of the two Dartmoor roads.
Two Dales, 3 miles from Matlock Bridge sta., Derbyshire; P.O.
Two Gates, entrance to Exmoor, on border of Devon and Somerset, 5 miles SE. of Lynmouth.
Two Mile Hill, eccl. dist., St George near Bristol par., Gloucestershire, on NE. side and in parl. bor. of Bristol, pop. 5676 ; P.O.
Two Pots, 2g miles SE. of Ilfracombe, Devon; is 731 ft. above the sea.
Two Waters, vil., in par. and 2 miles S. of Hemel Hempstead, Herts, at the confluence of the Gade with Bulbourn Brook.
Twomileborris, par. and hamlet, mid. co. Tipperary, 5 miles E. of Thurles, 11,939 ac., pop. 1615; P.O.
Twrcelyn, hundred, Anglesey, 27,534 ac., pop. 8415 ; contains 9 pars.
Twrcli, stream, South AVales; rises in Talsarn moun- tain, Brecknockshire, and flows 9 m. S. along the Car- marthenshire border to the Tawe below Ystradgunlais.
Twt Hill, at bor. of Carnarvon, alt. 192 ft. ; com- mands a magnificent panoramic view.
Twycross, par., Leicestershire, 4g miles NAV. of Market Bosworth, 1350 ac., pop. 354; P.O., T.o. Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.
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