Tichborne is a village and

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east of Winchester in

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, England.

History

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in the south of the parish within the

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is a bell barrow, bowl barrow and regular aggregate field system immediately east of Ganderdown Farm, a

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indicating

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inhabitation.

Manor

In AD 909

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granted the manor of Tichborne to Denewulf, Bishop of Winchester. However, Tichborne is not recorded in the

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of 1086. The

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Tichborne family has held the manor since the 12th century. Tichborne House was built shortly after 1803 while a longstanding baronetcy (indicating the use of 'Sir') was held by the family. There was a notorious 19th-century legal case of the Tichborne Claimant, in which an

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imposter,

Arthur Orton Arthur Orton (20 March 1834 – 1 April 1898) was an English man who has generally been identified by legal historians and commentators as the "Tichborne Claimant", who in two celebrated court cases both fascinated and shocked Victorian soc ...

, then living in Australia, claimed to be missing Tichborne family member Sir Roger Tichborne.

Other buildings

Almost all of the other buildings are clustered near each other and are

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s. They include an Old Rectory which may indicate

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, the Chapel of St Margaret. and Tichborne Park House. Near Cheriton is the only Grade II* listed building, Sevington Farmhouse. east of Alresford are a northern small street of cottages, Lady Croft Cottages and Seward's Bridge over the River Itchen and

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railway.

Parish church

The Church of England parish church of Saint Andrew has an 11th-century Saxo-

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that combines characteristically Saxon double-splayed windows with Norman flat buttresses and has reached Grade I listed status. The

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and two- bay arcades are

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. The north aisle is now railed off to form the Tichborne Chapel, with

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to members of the manorial family. It is rare in being dedicated as a

chapel within a pre-Reformation Anglican Parish Church. The west tower was added in 1703 and is built of blue and red brick. It has a

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of six bells cast between 1737 and 1887.

Amenities

Tichborne holds a traditional charitable festival called the

Tichborne Dole The Tichborne Dole is a traditional English festival of charity which is held in the village of Tichborne, Hampshire, during the Feast of the Annunciation. The festival is centered on the handing out of donations of flour, which have been blessed ...

. Alresford Golf Course, founded 1890, covers much of the north-east, with greens highly rated on golfing websites. Nearby attractions include the

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garden at

Hinton Ampner Hinton Ampner is a village and country house estate with gardens within the civil parish of Bramdean and Hinton Ampner, near Alresford, Hampshire, England. The village and house are 8 miles due east of Winchester. The name probably derives f ...

. In September is the large agricultural and funfair Alresford Show at Tichborne Park.

History

Manor

Other buildings

Parish church

Amenities

References

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