| ~500 |
The first English speaking people came up the river Meon: they were goatherds and shepherds. The name of their settlement was Ticcan-feld, which meant ‘the pasture of the kids’ (young goats). |
| 680 |
The first church was built; it probably consisted of a small chancel, a high nave and a large porch, which is now the bottom of the tower. |
| 982 |
A charter of King Ethalred (called the unready) mentioned a small religious establishment in Titchfield. |
| ~1004 |
Titchfield belonged to King Edward the Confessor. |
| 1086 |
The Domesday Book described a large village at Titchfield, with a mill and a market. |
| 1100 |
In the last half of this century a south aisle was added to the church and the fine West doorway was built. |
| 1200 |
About this time the Saxon porch was built up to form a tower. The chancel was lengthened to its present size. |
| 1232 |
Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester gave Titchfield to the premonstratensian canons, who began building the Abbey. |
| 1283 |
The canons of Titchfield Abbey were given the right to nominate one of their own members as vicar of St. Peter’s church. |
| 1300 |
The Abbey built its own chapel on the south side of the chancel. |
| 1349 |
Many Titchfield people died of the bubonic plague during the Black Death. Richard II and Queen Anne stayed at Titchfield abbey. |
| 1393 |
The date of the oldest bell in the church. |
| 1400-15 |
Henry V. stayed at the Abbey on his way to France, where he won the Battle of Agincourt. |
| 1429 |
Henry VI. Gave Titchfield the right to hold fairs. |
| 1445 |
Henry VI. Gave Titchfield the right to hold fairs. |
| 1537 |
Titchfield Abbey was suppressed and came into the hands of Thomas Wrothesley. It was rebuilt as Place House. |
| 1581 |
Thomas; the third Earl, succeeded his father: he was a patron of Shakespeare and one of the founders of Virginia. |
| 1594 |
The monument to the Earls of Southampton was built in the church. |
| ~1603 |
The Ironmills was built. |
| 1611 |
The River Meon was blocked from the sea at Titchfield Haven and the building of the canal was begun. |
| 1624 |
Death of the third Earl of Southampton. |
| 1625 |
Charles I. and Queen Henrietta stayed at Place House. |
| 1628 |
The date of the second bell in the church. |
| 1647 |
Charles I taken prisoner at Place House by Colonel Hammond. |
| 1662 |
Samuel Pepys came to Titchfield. |
| 1672 |
The Vestry minutes (kept at Winchester public records office) begin. |
| 1673 |
The Communion plate was given to the church. |
| 1675 |
The date of the treble bell. Charles II. stayed at Place House. The tower of St. Peter’s was strengthened and at this time the west door blocked. |
| 1741 |
Place House was sold to the Delme family. |
| 1769 |
The date of the tenor bell. |
| 1781 |
Place House partly demolished. |
| 1783-84 |
Henry Court worked at the Ironmills. The population of Titchfield was 2949 in the first census. |
| 1801 |
The turnpike road from East Street to Fareham was built. |
| 1810 |
The market hall was moved from the square (now at the Weald & Downland open air museum, Singleton West Sussex). |
| 1820 |
The west door of the church reopened. |
| 1831 |
Titchfield mill was rebuilt. |
| 1834 |
The church clock was repaired at a cost of £30.00, and a vestry built in the Southampton Chapel at a cost of £35. 15 shillings and 1 pence. |
| 1840 |
St. Peter’s extensively repaired. |
| 1850 |
The Iron gates at the West door were given by the Vicar W Threasher. |
| 1851 |
The enclosure of Titchfield Common. |
| 1859-60 |
Extensive reconstruction of the church left it much as it is now. The Norman south aisle was demolished. The work was paid for by the Hon. the Misses Baring. |
| 1866-67 |
The Ironmills closed. The railway was built through Segensworth to Swanwick station. The bells were recast. |
| 1870 |
The church’s south porch was pulled down and a new vestry was built. |
| 1888 |
A new weather vane was put on the spire. |
| 1896 |
The first bus service was started through Titchfield. |
| 1905 |
Electricity was installed into the church. |
| 1913 |
The by-pass road to Southampton was built. |
| 1919 |
The ruins of Place House were acquired by the Ministry of Works. |
| 1928 |
Major restoration of St. Peter’s instigated by the Rev. N A L Miller. The floor of the Nave was removed; the rooves of the Chancel, north aisle and Southampton Chapel were restored. The foundations of the south wall of the Southampton Chapel were reinforced. The tower was restored, the bell frame foundations were made good and the bells re-hung. |
| 1929 |
Titchfield Tannery was closed. |
| 1932 |
Fielder’s Brewery was closed. |
| 1950-79 |
The Johnston Vestry was constructed in the south aisle. |
| 1961 |
The by-pass road to Gosport was opened. |
| 1978 |
The Southampton monument was restored. |
| 1990 |
The old Vicarage was sold and the Chapter rooms built. |