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TITCHWELL
The parish of Titchwell is an example of a subdivision of the Manor and at the time of the Domesday Survey in 1086, it was described as a "berewic" of the Manor of Southmere. From the eleventh to the fifteenth century, the Manor passed through a variety of ownerships and in 1479 it was acquired by William of Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester, and given by him to Magdalen College, Oxford, which he had founded twenty years before. The President and Fellows of Magdalen were therefore the Lord of the Manor and remained the principal landowners in the parish until quite recently. that there was a church at Titchwell at the end of the eleventh century is evidenced by Domesday, and much of the existing building dates from about that time. The tower is an example of the many East Anglian eleventh-century round towers - a round tower being easier to build with local flints. The Church Registers are complete from 1558 and are in good condition, but from 1558 to 1598 they are, as so often is the case, a copy of the originals. These notes and much more are to found on a short "Guide to Titchwell Church" to be found in the church itself. If you would like to add any
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