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![<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/pompeyroy/">Roy Richard Llowarch</a> posted a photo:</p>
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<p>St Peter's Church, Titchfield England is thought to be the oldest church in the county of Hampshire. Prior the arrival of the Anglo Saxon there must have been ancient Britons ( Celts ) and any Romans that may have remained in Briton in this area. The Church was built in 680AD. Old photos taken with my Nikon Camera<br />
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The first people mentioned as inhabiting the area were a Jutish tribe, the Meonwara. The tribe were part of the Jutes originating from Denmark who founded the village during the sixth century. The name of Titchfield comes from the Old English ticcen, meaning kid or young goat, and feld, meaning field. Therefore, the meaning of Titchfield is 'open lands where goats and kids are kept'<br />
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St Peter's Church, Titchfield, was established in about 680 making it one of the oldest used churches in England. Though only a few parts of the original structure survive, the church contains a mixture of building styles, since it was expanded and redeveloped to include additional space. Within the church is the resplendent tomb of Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, who when Lord Chancellor, personally tortured Anne Askew.<br />
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Domesday Book mentions "Ticefelle": with a mill, a market and farms. It was a successful community, though tiny by today's standards with a population of 160. The Domesday Book entry for Titchfield states "The King holds TICEFELLE. It is a berewick, and belongs to MENESTOCHES. King Edward held it. There are 2 hides; but they have not paid geld. (There) is land for 15 ploughs. In (the) demesne (there are) but 2 oxen (animalia), and (there are) 16 villeins and 13 borders with 9 ploughs. There are 4 serfs, and a mill worth 20 shillings. The market and toll (are worth) 40 shillings."<br />
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A further variation in the spelling may be seen in a Mediaeval legal record, where it appears as "Thechefeld"<br />
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...where the defendant Thomas Lyon, husbandman, lives, as does John Baker, a fuller...<br />
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Titchfield has long been a centre for business, with the village once having a small port. There were also tanneries (some of the buildings still exist), a market, a fair, brewers, craftsmen, traders and other business people. It is recorded that Henry V before Agincourt and Charles I before his imprisonment at Carisbrooke rested in the town.<br />
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A Market Hall was built in Titchfield Square by the 3rd Earl of Southampton in the early 17th century.[citation needed] This was moved behind the Queen's Head Public House in 1810. In 1801 Titchfield had a population of almost 3,000.[5] In 1865 a gas company provided gaslight to the village and in 1894 Titchfield was given a parish council.</p>](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55580248740_9250a13d92_s.jpg)
