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,ha.. any of ll.c otl.er forts, but aix- the mod valuable when 

 drr. on account of their gn-at weight. . . 



Ticks .ire an important article of ctikivation in molt 

 plaeps, «vh-r.- thr hnJ is f.ritcd to their growth ; and tlu.ugh 

 ihet havr Wf. for .1 Ion- time, and are at prcfent, almoit 

 trhoify confined to the counties of EfTex and Kent, they 

 may be raifed in many Crther dillrias vnth equal fuccefs and 



T1CK.ARRY, in Gtography, a town of Hmdooftan, in 

 Bnhar; 15 miles N.W. of Gaya. N. lat. 24° 58'. L. 



long. K,-". 



TICKELL, Thomas, in Biography, an Enghfli poet, 

 was the fon of a clergyman in Cumberland, and born at 

 Dridcktrk, near Carline, in the year 1686. He was ad- 

 mitted at Queen's college, Oxford, in 1701 ; and m 1707 he 

 publilhcd a poem, entitled " Oxford," and infcribed it to 

 lord Lonfdale, cxprcffing his gratitude to that univerhty. 

 In 1708 he took his degree of M.A., and two years after 

 was cleacd a fellow of his college, under a difpenfation 

 from the crown againll the ftatnte wliich required him to be 

 in orders. With a view of advancement by the exercife of his 

 literary talents, he came to the metropolis, and ingratiated 

 himfelf with Addifon by an elegant copy of verfes in praife 

 of his opera of Rofamond. He contributed to the periodi- 

 cal publications of the " Spcftator" and " Guardian," in 

 the latter of which, all the papers on paftoral poetry, except 

 one by Pope, are afcribed to him. During the negotiations 

 which terminated in the peace of Utrecht, he pubhihed a 

 very popular poem, entitled «' The Profpeft of Peace," 

 which was highly commended by Addifon, in return for 

 whii:h commendation he wrote his lines on the " Cato" of 

 that author. On the acceflion of the Hanover family, to 

 which he was attached, he prcfentcd George I. on his arrival 

 with a piece caOed " The Royal Progrefs ;" and he ferved 

 the caufe ftill more elTeftually by two fatirical poems on the 

 Jacobite party, viz. " An Imitation of the Prophecy of 

 Nereus," and " An Epiftle from a Lady in England to a 

 Gentleman at Avignon." Tickcll accompanied Addifon 

 to Ireland, and was tiiere initiated in public bufinefs with a 

 view to future preferment. On occafion of Pope's pub- 

 lication of the firft volume of liis trandation of Homer's 

 Ibad, Tickcll publifhcd a tranflation of the firft book of 

 that poem, which was patronifed by Addifon, fo as to occa- 

 fion an interruption of his friendfliip with Pope. When 

 Addifon was made fecrctary of flate, TickeU was under- 

 fccretary, and continued in office under his fucceffor Craggs. 

 On the death of Addifon, TickeU was entrufted with the 

 charge of publiihing his works, to which he prefixed a 

 valuable life of the author. In 1725 he was appointed to 

 the lucrative poft of fecretary to the lords-jufticesof Ireland, 

 and retained it till his death, which happened at Bath in 

 1740. Tickell liad been married and left a family. 



Tickcll is ranked by his biograpliers^mong Engiifh poets 

 of the feeond order ; equalled by few of his contemporaries 

 in eloquence of diftion and harmony of verfification, and 

 without lofty flights maintaining a decent elevation by a 

 cultured ftyle, and by juft and ingenious thoughts. His 

 funeral poem on Addifon is pronounced by Dr. Johnfon to 

 be more fiiblimc and elegant than any that is to be found in 

 the whole compafs of Englifli literature. His " Ode to 

 the Earl of Sunderland," and his « Colin and Lucy," are 

 highly commended. 



Richard Tickcll, efq. a grandfon of this poet, who was a 

 commiflioner of the ftamp-office, has been known to the 

 Kterary world by his " Wreath of Fafhion," and efpecially 

 by an effufion of political art and fatire, entitled " Anti- 

 cipations of the Debates of the Houfe of Commons," 1778. 



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He died at Hampton Court in 1793. Johnfon and Ander- 

 fon's Lives of the Poets. Gen. Biog. 



TICKELY, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, in the 

 circar of Cicacole ; 30 miles N.E. of Cicacole. N. lat. 

 18" 36'. E. long. 84° 34'. 



TICKERA, a pafte which is prepared in Fezzan from 

 dates and the meal of Indian corn, and which, whenever they 

 travel, is in great requeft among the people ot Fezzan. 



TIC KE REE, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, in 

 Oude ; 48 miles N.E. of Mamckpour. 



TICKHILL, a market -town in the lower divifion of the 

 wapentake of Straftord-and-Tickhill, in the Weil Riding 

 of the county of York, England; is 4 miles W. from 

 Bawtry, 7 miles S. from Doncafter, and 154 miles N. by 

 W. from London. The houfes arc placed in a valley, and 

 cover a large fpace of ground. Some of them are of brick, 

 and others of Hone : a few of them are refpeftable, but the 

 more numerous have only a mean appearance. A market 

 is held on Fridays, but is nearly fallen into difufe. A fair 

 is kept annually for horfes, horned cattle, and (heep. The 

 population return of the year 18x1, ftates that Tickhill 

 contained 1508 inhabitants, who occupied 279 houfes. The 

 objefts moil worthy of attention are the church, and the re- 

 mains of an ancient caille. The former is a fpacious edifice, 

 with a lofty and beautiful tower, and from its arcliitefture 

 feems to have been built in the reign of Henry III. The 

 caftle, of which nothing now remains but the lofty mound 

 on wliich the keep formerly flood, with a ditch and part 

 of the walls furrounding the fortrefs, isfituated on the fouth 

 fide of the town. An ancient gateway, forming the en- 

 trance on the weftern fide, is the moft curious part of the 

 ruins. Part of thefe, with modern repairs and additions, i& 

 the feat of the honourable Frederick Lumley. A great 

 part of the ground within the walls is converted into gardens 

 and (lirubberies. The lleep declivity of the mound is 

 formed into winding walks, leading by a gentle afcent to 

 the fummit. 



The hiflory of Tickhill prior to the Norman conquefb is 

 wholly unknown. It appears to have been one of the fortv- 

 nine manors given by the Conqueror to Roger de Bufli, wliu 

 probably ercfted and refided in the caftle. It was after- 

 wards fucceffively held by feveral noblemen, till Richard II. 

 gave it to his uncle, John of Gaunt, duke of L,ancafter, 

 from whom it paffed to the crown by the fucceffion of 

 Henry IV. In the year 1 644 the caftle was regarded as a 

 very ftrong fortrefs, and was garrifoned for Charles I. ; but 

 being furrendered to the parliament, an order was iflued that 

 it fhould be difmantled and rendered untenable. The pr- 

 cular keep was in confequence demolilhed, but the founda- 

 tions may ftill be traced by opening the ground. A royal 

 free chapel or collegiate church was founded in the caftle by 

 queen Eleanor, wife of Henry II. It was given by king 

 John to the prebends of the cathedral church of Rouen in 

 Normandy. It was afterwards granted to the prior and 

 convent of Lenton, Nottinghamfhire ; and in 1504 to the 

 abbot and convent of St. Peter, Weftminfter. After 

 the dilTolution it was given by Edward VI. to Francis, earl 

 of Shrewsbury. 



About two miles and a half from Tickhill is Sandbeck> 

 the feat of the earl of Scarborough. The manfion, built 

 by the late earl, is a large and commodious edifice, feated in 

 a fpacious park, which abounds with foreft trees ; and is 

 adorned with an extenfive lake. Near the weftern verge of 

 the park, are the venerable and pi<Sturefque ruins of Roche 

 abbey, which was founded in the year 1 147, for monks of 

 the Ciftercian order. Here is a famous quarry, from whiclw 



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