Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TITCHBORNE, or Tichborne

TITCHBORNE, or Tichborne, a parish, with a village, in Alresford district, Hants; 2 miles SS W of Alresford r. station. It has a post-office under Alresford. Acres, 3,060. Rated property, £2,282. Pop., 308. Houses, 67. T. House belongs to Sir J. F. Titchborne, Bart.; and stands near the site of a castle of the Titchbornes, built in the time of Henry II.,-successor a of still more ancient residence of the Titchbornes. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to Cheriton. The church has an ear Norman chancel. A Roman Catholic chapel is at T. House.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Tichborne CP/Ch       Alresford RegD/PLU       Hampshire AncC
Place names: TICHBORNE     |     TITCHBORNE     |     TITCHBORNE OR TICHBORNE
Place: Tichborne

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