In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tittenhanger like this:
TITTENHANGER, a hamlet in St. Peter parish, Herts; 3 miles ESE of St. Albans. Pop. in 1851, 485; in 1861, 620. Houses, 133. T. Park belonged to the Blounts, and passed to Earl Hardwicke. A seat of the abbots of St. Albans was here; and was given, by Henry VIII., to Sir T. Pope, the founder of Trinity college, Oxford.
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Tittenhanger through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Tittenhanger, in St Albans and Hertfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26105
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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