Titley is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

Herefordshire Herefordshire () is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council. It is bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Monmouthshire ...

, England. It lies on the B4355 between Kington and Presteigne. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 167, increasing to 261 at the 2011 Census. The name, recorded in the

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as ''Titelege'', is

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

and apparently means "woodland clearing of a man called Titta".

History

The village of Titley has been occupied for over a thousand years and there is evidence of a pre-conquest priory in the village originally dedicated to an obscure Welsh saint and later subordinate to the abbey of Tiron in France. Titley lies at the junction of two drovers' roads and a local

pub A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...

was, at one time, used for the weighing of wool.

Buildings

Titley's parish church, dedicated to

Saint Peter Saint Peter; he, שמעון בר יונה, Šimʿōn bar Yōnāh; ar, سِمعَان بُطرُس, translit=Simʿa̅n Buṭrus; grc-gre, Πέτρος, Petros; cop, Ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ, Petros; lat, Petrus; ar, شمعون الصفـا, Sham'un ...

was rebuilt in 1869.

The Stagg Inn The Stagg Inn is a restaurant located in Titley, Herefordshire, England. As of 2015, the restaurant holds one star in the Michelin Guide. The Stagg was the first pub A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment ...

, known as The Balance until 1833, became in 2001 the first pub in the United Kingdom to be awarded a

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. Eywood House was built just west of the village in 1705. A landscaped park was laid out around the house, and an existing kettle lake,

Titley Pool Titley Pool is a lake in Herefordshire Herefordshire () is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council. It is bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-eas ...

, was enlarged. The house was demolished in 1958. Titley Pool is now a nature reserve. Titley village hall is situated directly behind

and is available for hire, as well as being regularly used by the parish council and other local organisations such as the WI, Scouts & Brownies, garden and bowls clubs.

Titley Junction railway station

A mile-long section of the former

Leominster and Kington Railway Leominster and Kington Railway was one of four branches which served the Welsh Marches border town of Kington, Herefordshire. Opened in August 1857, its peak was during World War II, when it served two US Army hospitals. Declining after the wa ...

was reopened in 2005. Known as The Kingfisher Line, the section is privately owned and is open to the public only by prior arrangement.

References

External links

Titley Village Hall website
{{authority control Villages in Herefordshire Civil parishes in Herefordshire