Titchmarsh
| Titchmarsh | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL024796 |
| Location: | 52°24’14"N, 0°29’42"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 598 (2011) |
| Post town: | Kettering |
| Postcode: | NN14 |
| Dialling code: | 01832 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Northamptonshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Corby |
| Website: | titchmarsh.info |
Titchmarsh is a village in Northamptonshire, a mile north-east of Thrapston, on the east side of the River Nene, where the waters of the river are spread into braised streams and gravel pits.
As a boy the poet John Dryden lived here and probably received his first education in the village.[citation needed] There is a monument to him in St. Mary's parish church.[1]
The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 598.
Church
The Church of England parish church, St Mary may originally have been 12th century, as a Norman doorway of that date survives in the chancel.[1] The doorway is not in its original position but has been re-set.[1] The north aisle and arcade are 13th century.[2]
The ornate Perpendicular Gothic bell-tower is notable. Dr. F.J. Allen, who was an authority on the notable late mediæval Somerset towers, described St. Mary's tower as "the finest parish church tower in England outside Somerset".[2] The tower, including the pinnacles, is 103 feet high.[3] Many of St. Mary's church windows are also Perpendicular Gothic; with three, four or five lights.[2]
History
The village's name means 'Young goat marsh'. Maybe, perhaps, 'marsh of Ticcea'.[4]
Titchmarsh Castle was a fortified manor house with a moat.[5] Sir John Lovel received a licence to crenellate it in 1304[1] but it was in ruins by 1363.[5]
Brookside Farmhouse was built in 1628 and enlarged in the 18th century. It is believed to have been the family home of the Drydens.[5] The Pickering almshouses were built in 1756.[5]
About the village
One hundred years ago the village had two public houses: the Dog and Partridge and the Wheatsheaf. The Dog and Partridge has been converted into a residential property.
A shop was officially opened on 21 September 2007 by the gardener and television presenter Alan Titchmarsh.[6]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Page 1930, pp. 142–149.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pevsner & Cherry 1973, p. 432.
- ↑ Flannery, Julian: 'Fifty English Steeples: The Finest Mediæval Parish Church Towers and Spires in England' (Thames and Hudson, 2016). pp. 364–369. ISBN 978-0-500-34314-2.
- ↑ "Key to English Place-names". http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Titchmarsh.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Pevsner & Cherry 1973, p. 433.
- ↑ Sullivan, Ted (24 September 2007). "When Titchmarsh came to Titchmarsh". http://www.bbc.co.uk/northamptonshire/content/articles/2007/09/24/titchmarsh_village_shop_feature.shtml.
- A History of the County of Northampton - Volume 3 pp 142-149: Parishes: Titchmarsh (Victoria County History)
- Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, 1961; 1973 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3
