Titchwell is a village and
civil parish
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in
Norfolk
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,
England
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. It is situated on the north Norfolk coast some west of the village of
Brancaster
Brancaster is a village and civil parish on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. The civil parish of Brancaster comprises Brancaster itself, together with Brancaster Staithe and Burnham Deepdale. The three villages form a more or ...
, north-east of the seaside resort of
Hunstanton, north of the town of
King's Lynn and north-west of the city of
Norwich
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.
[Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Explorer Map 250 - Norfolk Coast West''. .]
![Titchwell village cross - geograph](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Titchwell_village_cross_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1328752.jpg)
The villages name means 'Young
goat
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spring/stream'.
The civil parish has an area of and in the
2001 census had a population of 91 in 47 households. At the 2011 Census the population remained less than 100 and is included in the civil parish of
Thornham. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the
district
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of
King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
[Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). ]
Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes
''. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
The village is noted for its
RSPB reserve at
Titchwell Marsh, an area of salt and freshwater marsh that extends along the coast towards Brancaster. It also has an Anglo Saxon church with an unusual
spire
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let.
There is a small nature reserve on the site of a former
chalk pit, which is believed to have first been used in Roman times. In 1786, under the
Inclosure Act of 1773, the land came into ownership of Titchwell Parish. After all the chalk had been removed, the land became a
rubbish dump
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, which was soon closed following public outcry. Local farmers and
Norfolk County Council
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Below it there are 7 second-tier local government district councils: Breckland District, Broadland Distr ...
then tidied the pit and planted trees and shrubs, creating a mini-reserve.
Titchwell used to have two pubs, but one of them, "The Three Horseshoes" has now been converted into apartments for the use of holidaymakers and investors. The village also has a 15th-century village cross at its centre, which would have been a marker point and meeting place for travellers and pilgrims.
The
Church of England parish church, dedicated to St Mary, is a Grade I listed building.
It is one of the 124
round-tower churches in Norfolk.
It also has two hotels, Briarfields and Titchwell Manor.
See also
*
Titchwell dispute
*
Paget Wilkes (1871 – 1934)
Notes
External links
*
Information from Genuki Norfolkon Titchwell.
St Mary's on the European Round Tower Churches website
Villages in Norfolk
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Populated coastal places in Norfolk
Civil parishes in Norfolk
Beaches of Norfolk
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