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TEN A R I UM, in yinaenl Gto^ra/'h. See T.ts- arium. 



TENARUS, or T.i;NARUs, a mountain of the Pelo- 

 ponnefiis, in Laconia. 



TENASSERIM, in Geography. See Siam. 



TENATARI, in Aucient Geography, a people wlio in- 

 habited tliat \i:cn of Germany which correfponds to the 

 prefent bifliopric of Miinllcr. 



TENBURY, in Geography, a market-town in tlio upper 

 divifion of the hundred of Doddington, and county of Wor- 

 cefter, England, is fituated on the wedern border of the 

 coyr.ty, feparated from Shroplliire by the river I'eme, at 

 the dillance ol" 21 miles N.W. by W. from Worcefter, and 

 134 miles in the fame bearing from London. The manor 

 of Tenbury, at, or foon after the Conqueft, was held by 

 Robert Fit'/.-Richai-d, who was lord of Richard's caftle ; 

 his heir afTumed the name of Say, in confequence of a 

 marriage with the heirefs of tliat family : the property 

 paft, by a fucceiTiou of heirefTes, through various families, 

 to the Cornwalls, whofc defcendants are lllU the lords of it. 

 The town is not very extenfive, and Handing low, is often 

 fubjeft to floods from the rapid river Teme. A remarkable 

 inftance occurred Nov. 17, 1770, when a great part of the 

 church, with its organ and monuments, were deftroyed. 

 The parifh of Tenbury Is three miles and a half in length, 

 by three and a quarter in breadth ; and in the year 18 1 1 

 contained 308 houfes, and 1562 inhabitants. In tlie chancel 

 of the church is a curious monument, reprefentlng a child 

 in armour, laid in a crofs-leggcd pofition. Gough, in his 

 Sepulchral Monuments, mentions this figure, and attributes 

 it to the fon of " John Sturmy, the cruiader, who followed 

 liis father to the holy wars when under age." 



Over the river, at the north end of the town, is a hand- 

 fome ftone bridge of fix arches. A market is held here on 

 Tuefdays, and there are three annual fairs. Great quan- 

 tities of hops and apples are cultivated in the vicinity of the 

 town, and confequently much cyder is made here. The 

 Leominfter canal, coming near the town, affords ready 

 communication for goods, cyder, &c. to diftant places. 



About one mile and a half S.E. of Tenbury is Sutton- 

 park, in the chapel of which are fome old monuments of the 

 Arundel family. Near this place is Kyre-Wyre, diftin- 

 guiihed for its " tall and mighty oaks," and for a neat man- 

 lion belonging to the Pytts family. — Nafh's Hiftory, S:c. 

 of Worcefterfhire, 2 vols, folio. Beauties of England and 

 Wales ; Worceflerfliire. 



TENBY, a market afid borough town in the hundred of 

 Narbeth, and county of Pembroke, South Wales, is fituated 

 on the fhoreof Caermarthen bay, 10 miles E. from Pembroke, 

 and 250 miles W. from London. It occupies a rocky 

 promontory of confiderable elevation, ftretching over the 

 lands in a foutherly direction, and at high water is nearly 

 inclofed by the fea. Here is a fmall but commodious har- 

 bour, (Viirted on the land-fide by a bold amphitheatre of 

 rocks and houfes. Leland fays, " Tinbigh town fl;ondith 

 on a main rokke, but not veri hi, and the Severn Sc fo gulf- 

 cth in about hit, that at the ful fe almoft the thirde part of 

 the town is inclofid with water. The tounc ;s ftrongeU 

 waullid and welle gatid, everi gate having his portcolis ex 

 lolido ferro. But that gate that ledith to Cairmarden ward 

 is moft femeliefl, as circulid without with an embatelid but 

 open rofid towr, after the fafcion of the eaft gate of Pem- 

 broke. Witliout this gate is a prcti fuburbe. In the 

 middes of the town is a faire paroche chirch. The toun 

 Itfelf lakkith frelch water, v/herfore utuntur importata." 

 And again, " Ther is a finus and a peere made for fhyppes. 

 The towne is very welthe by marchaundyce ; but yt is not 

 very bygge, having but one paroche chyrche. One thing is 



to be marvtled at. There is no woUo yn the lownr, as yt m 

 faide, whcrby they be forced to fcch thcyr water at S. John's 

 without thotownc." The wall, which once iurroundtd the 

 town, is yet in fome places nearly entire. The principal 

 improvement of ihefe walls is afcribed to queen Elizabeth, 

 in whofc time Tenby was a flouridiing place. The ftrcets 

 are now in general good, though, on account of the nature 

 of the ground, in fome inllances inconveniently narrow and 

 fteep. They contain a large proportion of very refpeftabic 

 houfes, occupied by fubltaiitial tradefmen and merchants, or 

 by pcrfons of iiuKpendeut fortunes. The want of water 

 was an inconvenieucc under which the town long laboured : 

 but by the recommendation and exertions of fir Willian-i 

 P;'.xton, the town is now furnifhed, at a trifling charge, witl' 

 an cxhaufllefs fupply of this necefiary article. Tenby i? 

 one of the contributory boroughs joined with Pembroke ii; 

 the return of a reprefentative to parliament. The corpo.a- 

 tlon confills of a mayor, aldermen, and common-councilmei;, 

 a chamberlain, town-clerk, two (heriffs or bailiffs, two fer- 

 geants at mace, and twelve conftables. The town is divided 

 into two diftrifts, which are denominated the In-libcrties, 

 and the Out-liberties. The former divifion is fubjedt to the 

 jurifdiftion of the magiftrates of the borough ; the latter 

 to that of the county magiftrates. The prefent extent of 

 the town is not confiderable, the number of houfes being 

 eftlmatcd, in the year i8ti, at 265, and tiie population at 

 1 176. It is apparent, however, from the number of ruinated 

 buildings and foundations to be feen in the outikirts, that 

 formerly it muft have fpread over a larger fpace than it now 

 occupies, and contained a much more numerous population. 

 Two weekly markets are held on Wednefday and Saturday, 

 and five fairs annually. Tenby feems to have derived its 

 earlleft importance from its fiflieries. But when the country 

 fell under the power of the Anglo-Norman invaders, and 

 this diftrift became inhabited by the Flemifh fettlcrs, its 

 local advantages for commercial objefts of greater confe- 

 quence were feen and appreciated. The harbour was im- 

 proved for the convenience of fliipping, and the population 

 of the town and its vicinity was engaged in a woollen manu- 

 factory on an extenfive fcale. The commercial fpirit thus 

 awakened, procured for the inhabitants numerous privi- 

 leges and charters from their lords, and from fucceflive 

 monai'chs. The importance of Tenby, however, hai; funk 

 far below its former rank : its manufaftorics have difap- 

 peared, and its chief trade at prefent is created by the coal 

 raifed in its neighbourhood, which is here [hipped off for 

 other parts of the coaft, and for the Englifli marked. The 

 confequence which the town has loft in this relpeft feems 

 likely to be compenfated by its rapidly advancing reputation 

 as a bathing-place. It pofretFcs many natural attraftions 

 for vlfitors ; and peculiar advantages in point of convenience 

 have been recently provided. Among tliefe, the foremoft 

 rank muft be afiigiied to the baths lately erefted by fir 

 Wilham Paxton ; in which all accommodations for health 

 and pleafure are combined. The church of Tenby is 

 fituated in the middle of the town ; it is a fpacious edifice, 

 comprlfing a nave and two fide aifies : at the weft end is a 

 large fquare tower, furmounted by a lofty fpire. The 

 monaftic eftablilbmcnts of Tenby were an hofpital, or free 

 chapel of St. John tiic Baptilt, a convent of Carmelite 

 friars, founded in 1399, and called St. Man,''s college, and 

 an hofpital or lazar-houfe, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen. 

 Here was an ancient caftle, of which there are yet confider- 

 able remains, though moftly in a very dilapidated ftate. 

 The only portions nov/ ftanding that indicate its former 

 ftrength are a baftion and fquare tov/er : the reft of the 

 buildincfs ex.hibit the air of a Trlcndid manficn rctber than 



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