Titley

For the British politician and MEP, see Gary Titley.

Titley is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It lies on the B4355 between Kington and Presteigne.

In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 167.[1]

The name, recorded in the Domesday Book as Titelege, is Old English, and apparently means "woodland clearing of a man called Titta".[2]

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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 dedicated to an obscure Welsh saint that later became subordinate to the abbey of Tyrone in France.[3]

Titley lies at the junction of two drover's roads and was used for the weighing of wool.

Buildings

Titley's parish church, dedicated to Saint Peter 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 Michelin Star.[4]

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.[5]

References

  1. ^ ONS Census 2001 Neighbourhood Statistics
  2. ^ Mills, A.D. and Room, A. A Dictionary of British Place-Names Oxford University Press
  3. ^ Littlebury (1876-7). Directory and Gazetteer of Herefordshire. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HEF/Titley/Littlebury1876.html. 
  4. ^ Dixon, Rachel (January 24 2008). "Q&A: Michelin stars". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/jan/24/foodanddrink.travelfoodanddrink. Retrieved May 25, 2010. 
  5. ^ "The Kingfisher Line". Titley Junction Station. http://www.titleyjunctionstation.co.uk/pages/kingfisher_line.php. 

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