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Titchfield Abbey and fishponds

England

List entry 1014814

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1014814

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

4.04 hectares

Grid reference

SU 54055 06754

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Titchfield Abbey is a Premonstratensian monastery founded in 1232 in Hampshire, situated in the Meon Valley near the village of Titchfield. The abbey was established by Bishop Peter des Roches and developed into a substantial religious community with characteristic monastic buildings arranged around a cloister, of which substantial ruins survive today. The associated fishponds, integral to the abbey's economy and sustenance, remain visible as earthwork features within the wider monastic landscape. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1537, the site was converted for residential use, with the gatehouse transformed into a mansion by the Earl of Southampton, though the core monastic structures gradually fell into ruin.

Titchfield Abbey and fishponds is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014814. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Titchfield Abbey and fishponds?

Titchfield Abbey is a Premonstratensian monastery founded in 1232 in Hampshire, situated in the Meon Valley near the village of Titchfield. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014814.

Who is responsible for protecting Titchfield Abbey and fishponds?

Titchfield Abbey and fishponds is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1014814.

What other scheduled monuments are near Titchfield Abbey and fishponds?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stony Bridge, Titchfield (0.3 km), Fort Fareham (3.7 km), Promontory defined by an Iron Age linear earthwork, St Andrew's Castle and additional remains on Hamble Common (6 km).

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Monuments

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Battlefields

The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.

Roman Britain

The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.

Domesday

The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.

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Geology

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Stony Bridge, Titchfield

0.3 km

Fort Fareham

3.7 km

Promontory defined by an Iron Age linear earthwork, St Andrew's Castle and additional remains on Hamble Common

6 km

World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite (P12) at Monument Farm

6.2 km

Calshot Castle: a 16th century artillery castle

Motte and bailey castle near Apple Dumpling Bridge, south of Rowner

7.9 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Titchfield Abbey and fishponds

Titchfield Abbey and fishponds stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

The wider landscape

Around Titchfield Abbey and fishponds

WinchesterRoman town · ~14.6 miles Fishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~18.2 miles ChichesterRoman town · ~19.8 miles Battle of Cheriton 1644Battle (1644) · ~14.6 miles

Domesday entry for Segensworth, Hampshire →

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