Titley is a village and

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, England. It lies on the B4355 between Kington and

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. 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

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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

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s and a local

pub A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term first appeared in England in the late 17th century, to differentiate private ho ...

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

Buildings

Titley's parish church, dedicated to

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was rebuilt in 1869. The Stagg Inn, 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 A kettle (also known as a kettle hole, kettlehole, or pothole) is a depression or hole in an outwash plain formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters. The kettles are formed as a result of blocks of dead ice left behind by retreating ...

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