TASBURGH, a parish in the hundred of DEPWADE,
county of NORFOLK, 2 miles (N.) from St. Mary Stratton,
containing 469 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
with Rainthorpe, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and
diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £ 8,
and in the patronage of Sir Thomas Beevor, Bart. The
church, dedicated to St. Mary, stands on a lofty eminence,
within the area of a square intrenchment containing
twenty-four acres, which Gale considers the
Roman station Ad Tuam; it was an advantageous
position for the defence of the river Tesse, running
hence to Caistor, and here forming a convenient harbour.
Coins, fibulse, and other relics of antiquity, have
been found.