Tichborne
| Tichborne | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
 St. Andrew's parish church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU570303 |
| Location: | 51°4’10"N, 1°11’13"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 168 (2001) |
| Post town: | Alresford |
| Postcode: | SO24 |
| Dialling code: | 01962 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Winchester |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Winchester |
Tichborne is a village four miles east of Winchester in Hampshire.
History
In archaeology in the south of the parish within the South Downs National Park is a bell barrow, bowl barrow and regular aggregate field system immediately east of Ganderdown Farm, indicating Bronze Age inhabitation. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[1]
In 909, King Edward the Elder granted the manor of Tichborne to Denewulf, Bishop of Winchester. However, Tichborne is not recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086.
The Roman Catholic Tichborne family has held the manor since the 12th century. Tichborne House was built shortly after 1803,[2] while a longstanding baronetcy was held by the family. The family was convulsed for some years by the notorious 19th-century legal case of the Tichborne Claimant, in which an imposter, Arthur Orton, then living in Australia, claimed to be the missing Tichborne family heir, Sir Roger Tichborne, who was lost at sea in 1854.
Parish church
The Church of England parish church, St Andrew, has an 11th-century Saxo-Norman chancel that combines characteristically Saxon double-splayed windows with Norman flat buttresses.[3] It is a Grade I listed building.[4] The nave and two-bay arcades are Early English Gothic.[3]
The north aisle is now railed off to form the Tichborne Chapel, with monuments to members of the manorial family.[3] It is rare in being dedicated as a Roman Catholic chapel within a pre-Reformation Anglican Parish Church.
The west tower was added in 1703 and is built of blue and red brick.[3] It has a ring of six bells cast between 1737 and 1887.[5]
About the village
Alresford Golf Course,[6] founded 1890, covers much of the north-east, with greens highly rated on golfing websites.[7]
Nearby attractions include the National Trust garden at Hinton Ampner.
Society
Tichborne holds a traditional charitable festival called the Tichborne Dole.
In September is the large agricultural and funfair, the Alresford Show, held at Tichborne Park.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1019121: Bell barrow, bowl barrow and regular aggregate field system immediately east of Ganderdown Farm (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
- ↑ Pevsner & Lloyd 1967, p. 622.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Pevsner & Lloyd 1967, p. 621.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1178485: St Andrew's Church (Grade I listing)
- ↑ Page 1908, p. 336–338.
- ↑ "Alresford Golf Club - Glorious Hampshire Chalk Downland Course". https://www.alresfordgolf.co.uk/.
- ↑ "Alresford Golf Club". http://www.golfeurope.com/clubs/alresford/.
- A History of the County of Hampshire - Volume 3 pp 336-338: Parishes: Tichborne (Victoria County History)
- Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Hampshire & The Isle of Wight, 1967 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09606-4
