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TATHAM (St. James), a parish, in the hundred of Lonsdale, south of the Sands, N. division of the county of Lancaster; containing, with the chapelry of Tatham-Fell, 677 inhabitants, of whom 324 are in Tatham township, 11 miles (N. E. by E.) from Lancaster. The parish is situated on the river Wenning, and comprises by admeasurement 4000 acres; the soil is chiefly clay, and there are a few mines of coal in operation.

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TATHAM-FELL, a chapelry, in the parish of Tatham, hundred of Lonsdale, south of the Sands, N. division of the county of Lancaster, 12 ½ miles (E. N. E.) from Lancaster. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £125 ; patron, the Rector of Tatham.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

TARNICAR, with Upper Rawcliffe, a township, in the parish of St. Michael, union of Garstang, hundred of Amounderness, N. division of the county palatine of Lancaster, 4 ¼ miles (S. W.) from Garstang; containing 671 inhabitants.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

TARLETON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Ormskirk, hundred of Leyland, N. division of the county of Lancaster, 8 ½ miles (N. by E.) from Ormskirk ; containing 1877 inhabitants. This was formerly a chapelry in the parish of Croston, and comprises 5323 acres, of which 535 are common or waste. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the Rector of Croston : a rent-charge of £3. 4. 9. is paid to the vicar of Betham, in lieu of tithes; another, of £7. 2. 3½., to certain impropriators; and a third, of £95, to the free grammar school, Kirkby-Lonsdale. The church was consecrated in 1719. A free school, erected in 1650, is endowed with £30 per annum.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

TARBOCK, a township, in the parish of Huyton, union of Prescot, hundred of West Derby, S. division of the county of Lancaster, 7 miles (E. by S.) from Liverpool ; containing 740 inhabitants. It comprises about 2245 acres, of which 2200 are arable and pasture, and 25 woodland ; coal is abundant in the vicinity, and many of the inhabitants are employed in collieries.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.