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Tymawr, seat, in co. and 3 miles SE. of Brecknock.

Tynagh, par. and vil., S. co. Galway, 9 miles NW.
of Portumna and 17 miles SAY. of Ballinasloe—par.,
12,453 ac., pop. 1953 ; vil., pop. 121; P.O.

Tynan, par. and vil. with ry. sta., in co. and 8 miles
AY. of Armagh, on rivers Tynan and Blackwater—
par., 17,043 ac., pop. 4707; vil., pop, 106;
P.O., t.o.
Tynan Abbey, seat, is 1 mile SAY. of vil.

Tynceliu, hamlet, Bodfary par., in co. and 4 miles
NE. of Denbigh.

Tyndaethwy, hundred, Anglesey, 37,156 ac., pop.
8246; contains 16 pars.

Tyndall’s Park, eccl. dist., Bristol St Michael and
AVestbury upon Trym pars., Gloucestershire, in N. of
Bristol, pop. 6260.

Tyndrum, vil. with ry. sta. and hotel, Killin par.,
Perthshire, at the head of Strathfillan, 34% miles NW.
of Callander and 36% E. of Oban; P.O.

Tyne, river, Northumberland and Durham ; is formed
by the confluence of the North Tyne and South Tyne, 1
mile NW. of Hexham, and flows 30 miles E. to the sea
at Tynemouth and South Shields ; from AVylam down-
wards it divides the two counties, and from Newcastle
to the sea it forms one continuous harbour.

Tyne, river; rises in Borthwick par., Edinburgh-
shire, and flows 28 miles NE., chiefly through Hadding-
tonshire, to the North Sea at Tynninghame, 3 miles
NW. of Dunbar.

Tyne, North, river, Northumberland; rises at Tyne
Head, in the Cheviots, and flows 32 miles SE. to a con-
fluence with the South Tyne near Hexham.

Tyne, South, river, Cumberland and Northumber-
land; rises on the mountains to the E. of Cross Fell,
and flows 19 miles N. to Haltwhistle, and thence 14
miles E. to a confluence with the North Tyne near
Hexham.

Tyne Dock, ry. sta., Durham, near South Shields.

Tyne Mill, paperworks, Gateshead, Durham.

Tyne Ports, The, consist of Newcastle, North
Shields, and South Shields. (For shipping statistics,
see Appendix.)

Tynecastle, district, in AY. of Edinburgh city; has
art furniture works.

Tynedale, ward, Northumberland, on river Tyne,
536,884 ac., pop. 50,953; contains 30 pars, and 3
parts.

Tynckam, par. and seat, Dorset, on the coast, 6
miles SAA7. of AVareham, 2915 ac., pop. 275; a priory
once stood here.

Tynchead, ry. sta., Crichton par., Edinburghshire, 16
miles SE. of Edinburgh ; P.O.

Tynemouth, pari, and mun. bor., par. and town-
ship, and watering-place, Northumberland, at N. side
of mouth of river Tyne, opposite South Shields, 8 miles
NE. of Newcastle and 272 from London by rail—par.,
6831 ac., pop. 46,364; township, 1189 ac., pop. 22,548;
bor., 4303 ac., pop. 44,118. Tynemouth includes the
port of North Shields, and the whole bor. is usually
called North Shields. Tynemouth proper, imme-
diately E. of North Shields, is a bathing-place, with a
fine sandy beach, baths, aquarium, winter garden, a
magnificent stone pier, and a grand parade nearly a
mile long. In Saxon times Tynemouth was in great
repute as the burial-place of St Oswyn, its patron
saint. A monastery was founded in 625, and its ruins
are within the walls of the castle. In the castle yard is
a lighthouse 79 ft. high, with revolving light (Entrance
to the Tyne) 154 ft. above high water and seen 18 miles.
Tynemouth has rapidly risen into a large town. It was
made a pari. bor. in 1832, and a mun. bor. in 1849. It
returns 1 member to Parliament.

Tyneside Division, pari. div. of Northumberland,
pop. 49,567.

Tynet, hamlet with R.C. church, Rathven par.,
Banffshire, 3 miles NE. of Fochabers.

Tynewydd (Ogmore Vale), ry. sta., Glamorgan, 6
miles NE. of Tondu Junction and 9 N. of Bridgend.

Tynninghame, vil., AVhitekirk and Tynninghame
par., Haddingtonshire, on river Tyne, 2 miles NE. of
East Linton; P.O.; 1 mile NE. is Tynninghame
House, seat of the Earl of Haddington.

Tynrefal, vil., Aberdaron par., Carnarvonshire, 14
miles SAY. of Pwllheli.

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

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