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Tidcombe
St Michael's, Tidcombe
Tidcombe is located in Wiltshire
Tidcombe
Tidcombe
Location within Wiltshire
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Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMarlborough
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51°19′23″N 1°35′06″W / 51.323°N 01.585°W / 51.323; -01.585

Tidcombe is a small village in Wiltshire, England, on the eastern edge of the county, near Hampshire. It is about 9 miles (14 km) southeast of Marlborough and 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Hungerford, Berkshire. With few inhabitants, it forms part of the civil parish of Tidcombe and Fosbury, which has a parish meeting.[1]

History

There is a prehistoric ditch on the slopes of Tidcombe Down, south and southwest of the village; part of the western boundary of the parish follows it.[2] Also on the down is a Neolithic long barrow, 54m long.[3] The eastern boundary of the ancient parish followed the Roman road from Cirencester to Winchester, known in this area as Chute Causeway; on this section, between Marlborough in the northwest and Andover in the southeast, the road deviates south to avoid the dry valleys around Hippenscombe.[4]

Domesday Book of 1086 recorded nine households at Titicome.[5] Tidcombe lay within Savernake Forest until 1330.[4]

Lords of the manor included William Esturmy of Wulfhall (died 1427; MP and Speaker of the House of Commons) and John Seymour (died 1464, also an MP). By 1540 the manor had been acquired by Edward Seymour (brother of queen consort Jane Seymour; later Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector; executed 1552) and it passed to his son Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford (1539–1621). The manor remained with the Dukes of Somerset, alongside Tottenham until 1675, and was then held by the Seymours alongside Pewsey until sold around 1767 by Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland and his wife Elizabeth (née Seymour) to Edward Tanner (d.1779).

Tidcombe Manor

Tanner's son John (d.1797) was probably the builder of the manor house, near the church. In brick and stone dressings and with a five-bay front, it is now Grade II* listed.[6]

In the 19th century, the names Tidcombe and Titcombe were both in use.[7]

Parish church

There is evidence of a church in the mid 13th century.[4] The present church, in part-rendered flint with stone dressings, is from the 14th century. The nave was re-roofed in the 15th century, and in the 17th the low two-stage west tower was added which necessitated shortening the nave.[8] The north porch, in brick and described by Pevsner as humble[9] carries a date of 1675. The chancel was restored and paved in the 19th century.[8]

Two of the three bells are from the 17th century.[4] The churchyard has a chest tomb of 1770, a memorial to Marie and Jane Tanner;[10] and 19th-century tombs of the Hawkins family of neighbouring Wexcombe.[11][12] The church was recorded as Grade II* listed in 1966.[8]

The Fosbury tithing was made a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1856 after a church was built there.[4] Hippenscombe, until then extra-parochial, was added to Tidcombe parish in 1879.[13] Fosbury benefice was united with Tidcombe in 1926, although the parishes remained distinct; the incumbent was to live at the Fosbury parsonage.[14] In 1962 the benefice was united with East Grafton.[15] The parish was united with Tidcombe in 1979[4] and Fosbury church was declared redundant.[16] Today the parish forms part of the Savernake team ministry, alongside eleven other rural churches around Burbage.[17]

Parish registers

While undertaking some genealogical research you may come across a fascinating piece of Tidcombe history – the parish register from 1635 - 1700. Because it is rare to find photographic images of such an intact parish register for this period I chose to download a copy of the entire register so painstakingly photographed by others. It is fascinating to be able to examine the handwritten baptisms, marriages and deaths of the inhabitants of this tiny historic village of Tidcombe but even more fascinating to see inserted between the entries, by the vicar or curate, the ascendance of each monarch from Charles I, the Common Wealth (as the Cromwellian republic was known) Charles II, James II and William III and Mary. Also of historical interest, around 1680 in order to limit the import of French linen a Burial in Woollen act was passed in which it was required that all bodies be buried in a woollen shroud. This was strictly enforced and all the burial entries in the register became much more detailed in order to verify the appropriate burial rules were being executed as specified by law. Here is a link to the said Tidcombe parish register

Notable residents

George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, wartime commander of the Special Boat Service and long-serving politician in the House of Lords, lived at Tidcombe Manor in later life until his death in 2007.[18]

References

  1. ^ "Tidcombe and Fosbury Parish Meeting". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 18 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Historic England. "Linear earthwork on Tidcombe Down (1004729)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Long barrow 700m south of Tidcombe (1012253)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Baggs, A P; Freeman, J; Smith, C; Stevenson, J H; Williamson, E (1999). Crowley, D.A. (ed.). "Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 16 pp215-222 – Tidcombe". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  5. ^ Tidcombe in the Domesday Book
  6. ^ Historic England. "Tidcombe Manor (1365508)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  7. ^ "No. 20534". The London Gazette. 15 November 1845. p. 4299.
  8. ^ a b c Historic England. "Church of St. Michael (1299891)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  9. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1975) [1963]. Wiltshire. The Buildings of England (2nd ed.). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 519. ISBN 0-14-0710-26-4.
  10. ^ Historic England. "Tanner monument in churchyard (11033998)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  11. ^ Historic England. "Pair of Hawkins Monuments (11365507)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  12. ^ Historic England. "Hawkins Monument in Churchyard (11299862)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  13. ^ "No. 24728". The London Gazette. 27 May 1879. pp. 3603–4.
  14. ^ "No. 33226". The London Gazette. 3 December 1926. pp. 7897–9.
  15. ^ "No. 42846". The London Gazette. 30 November 1962. p. 9350.
  16. ^ "No. 47987". The London Gazette. 25 October 1979. p. 13334.
  17. ^ "St Michael's, Tidcombe". Savernake Team. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  18. ^ Leigh Fermor, Patrick (3 March 2007). "Remembering Lord Jellicoe". The Spectator. Retrieved 21 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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