Titchfield is a village and former civil parish in the Fareham district, in southern Hampshire, England, by the River Meon. The village has a history stretching back to the sixth century. During the m
South Street, looking towards the square
Titchfield St Peter's Church in 2006
Titchfield Abbey is a medieval abbey and later country house, located in the village of Titchfield near Fareham in Hampshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1222 for Premonstratensian canons, an au
Titchfield
…stretching back to the sixth century. During the medieval period, the village operated a small port and market. Near to the village are the ruins of Titchfield Abbey, a place with strong associations with Shakespeare, through his patron, the Earl of Southampton. To the east of Titchfield lies the town of Fareham…
Titchfield Abbey in October 2014
Medieval tiles in Titchfield Abbey located in front of the door to the refectory. The Latin inscription reminds the canons to remember the poor before they sat down to eat.
Wriothesley's gatehouse - a vital symbol of seigneurial power for an early 16th-century courtier's house, cuts through the nave of the Premonstratensian canons' church, seen left and right of the tower. The choir, transepts and altar - now lost - were on the right of the picture
Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, who gained control of the abbey after the dissolution of the monasteries and made it his home. Portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger.