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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Titchfield.-- par. and vil., Hants, on river Titchfield, 2 miles W. of Fareham, 15,784 ac. and 1269 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 4571; P.O., T.O. Titchfield is an ancient place, was long a market town, and gives the title of marquis to the Duke of Portland. Titchfield House, now a ruin, occupies the site of an abbey of time of Henry III.; was built by Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton, chancellor to Henry VIII.; afforded shelter to Charles I. on his escape from Hampton Court; and was the birthplace of the heroic wife of Lord William Russell. The river Titchfield (or Meon) flows 15½ miles SW. to the mouth of Southampton Water.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Titchfield AP/CP Hampshire AncC |
| Place: | Titchfield |
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