Catisfield is a small village that has become part of the suburban sprawl of Fareham, Hampshire, England. The Market town of Fareham lies in the south east of Hampshire, England, between the cities of Southampton and Portsmouth, roughly Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Originally a small village in its own right, it now serves little purpose other than a quaint curio in an otherwise faceless environment of 1960s and 1970s housing developments. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Housing developments are structured building development of residential properties The recent one is to demolish and create flats at the old retirement home and is being built as we speak
A hamlet
Originally a hamlet, Catisfield is first mentioned in the Pipe Roll of the Bishopric of Winchester in 1210 and mentioned in 1279 in the tithing of North Fareham, when Catisfield, Dean, Pokesole, Cams and Bedenham had been added to the Hundred of Fareham. Hamlet is a Tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601 The Pipe Rolls are a series of financial records from England, beginning in 1130 and lasting mostly complete until 1833. See also List of bishops of Winchester The Bishop of Winchester is the head of the Church of England [1]
The location of Catisfield is at the north of Titchfield village on the eastern edge of the Meon Valley. There is little documented history relating to Catisfield; amongst the records that are available there is mention of it as a small hamlet sited on the crest of Titchfield Hill at a historically significant road junction overlooking the Meon Valley. Before the 19th century Catisfield was at the junction of historic routes to Botley, Stubbington, Titchfield, Southampton, Fareham and Portsmouth. It is said that Samuel Pepys probably rode through it on his travels as did Margaret of Anjou on her way to Titchfield Abbey at the bottom of Fishers Hill from Southwick in 1445, for the reconfirmation of her marriage in France to Henry VI. [2]
However, it does still feature the original, but no longer used, post office and some very nicely preserved Georgian and Victorian buildings, and manages to preserve an impression of a country village, despite its location on a popular shortcut to the M27 motorway. A post office is a facility authorized by a Postal system for the posting receipt sorting handling transmission or delivery of Mail. Georgian architecture is the name given in most English -speaking countries to the set of Architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840 The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of Architectural styles predominantly employed during the Victorian era. The Soviet motorway M27 connects Sochi, Tbilisi, and Baku. The M27 is a Motorway in Hampshire
It is also very close to Titchfield Abbey and the picturesque River Meon, which lie just down Fishers Hill. Titchfield Abbey is a Medieval Abbey and later Country house, located in the village of Titchfield near Fareham in Hampshire The River Meon is a river in Hampshire in southern England, which flows generally southwards from the South Downs to the Solent.
References
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- ^ Malcolm Low, Catisfield, private publication can be viewed in the Fareham Library Reference section or the Westbury Manor Museum Reference section, Fareham, Hampshire
- ^ Malcolm Low 'Catisfield'
External links
- [1] and scroll down to Catisfield.
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