# Tidcombe

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{{Short description|Village in Wiltshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|static_image_name= St Michael's, Tidcombe - geograph.org.uk - 1436692.jpg
|static_image_caption= St Michael's, Tidcombe
|coordinates = {{coord|51.323|-01.585|type:city(50)_region:GB-WIL|display=inline,title}}
|official_name= Tidcombe
|label_position= left
|population = 
|civil_parish = [Tidcombe and Fosbury](/source/Tidcombe_and_Fosbury)
|unitary_england= [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire_Council)
|lieutenancy_england= [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire)
|region=South West England
|constituency_westminster = [East Wiltshire](/source/East_Wiltshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
|post_town= [Marlborough](/source/Marlborough%2C_Wiltshire)
|postcode_district = SN8
|postcode_area= SN
|dial_code= 01264
|os_grid_reference= SU290583
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'''Tidcombe''' is a small village in Wiltshire, England, on the eastern edge of the county, near Hampshire, about {{convert|9|mi|km|0}} southeast of [Marlborough](/source/Marlborough%2C_Wiltshire) and {{convert|7|mi|km|0}} southwest of [Hungerford](/source/Hungerford). With few inhabitants, it forms part of the [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_England) of [Tidcombe and Fosbury](/source/Tidcombe_and_Fosbury), which has a [parish meeting](/source/parish_meeting).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tidcombe and Fosbury Parish Meeting|url=https://cms.wiltshire.gov.uk/mgParishCouncilDetails.aspx?ID=491|last=|first=|date=|website=Wiltshire Council|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=18 May 2020}}</ref>

== 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.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1004729|desc=Linear earthwork on Tidcombe Down|access-date=18 May 2020}}</ref> Also on the down is a [Neolithic](/source/Neolithic_British_Isles) [long barrow](/source/long_barrow), 54m long.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1012253|desc=Long barrow 700m south of Tidcombe|access-date=18 May 2020|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> The eastern boundary of the ancient parish followed the [Roman road](/source/Roman_roads_in_Britain) from [Cirencester](/source/Cirencester) to [Winchester](/source/Winchester), known in this area as Chute Causeway; on this section, between [Marlborough](/source/Marlborough%2C_Wiltshire) in the northwest and [Andover](/source/Andover%2C_Hampshire) in the southeast, the road deviates south to avoid the dry valleys around [Hippenscombe](/source/Hippenscombe).<ref name=vch />

[Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book) of 1086 recorded nine households at ''Titicome''.<ref>{{OpenDomesday|SU2958|tidcombe|Tidcombe}}</ref> Tidcombe lay within [Savernake Forest](/source/Savernake_Forest) until 1330.<ref name=vch />

Lords of the manor included [William Esturmy](/source/William_Esturmy) of [Wulfhall](/source/Wulfhall) (died 1427; MP and [Speaker of the House of Commons](/source/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(United_Kingdom))) and [John Seymour](/source/John_Seymour_(died_1464)) (died 1464, also an MP). By 1540 the manor had been acquired by [Edward Seymour](/source/Edward_Seymour%2C_1st_Duke_of_Somerset) (brother of [queen consort](/source/queen_consort) [Jane Seymour](/source/Jane_Seymour); later Duke of Somerset and [Lord Protector](/source/Lord_Protector); executed 1552) and it passed to his son [Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford](/source/Edward_Seymour%2C_1st_Earl_of_Hertford) (1539–1621). The manor remained with the Dukes of Somerset until 1675, and was then held by the Seymours alongside [Pewsey](/source/Pewsey) until sold around 1767 by [Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland](/source/Hugh_Percy%2C_1st_Duke_of_Northumberland) and his wife [Elizabeth](/source/Elizabeth_Percy%2C_Duchess_of_Northumberland_(1716%E2%80%931776)) (née Seymour) to Edward Tanner (d.1779).

left|thumb|Tidcombe manor house
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.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1365508|desc=Tidcombe Manor|access-date=18 May 2020|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>

In the 19th century, the names Tidcombe and Titcombe were both in use.<ref>{{London Gazette
| issue = 20534
| date = 15 November 1845
| page = 4299
}}</ref>

== Parish church ==
There is evidence of a church in the mid 13th century.<ref name=vch>{{cite web|title=Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 16 pp215-222 – Tidcombe|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol16/pp215-222|author-last1=Baggs|author-first1=A P|year=1999|editor-last=Crowley|editor-first=D.A.|website=British History Online|publisher=University of London|access-date=17 May 2020|author-first4=J H|author-last4=Stevenson|author-first5=E|author-last5=Williamson|author-first3=C|author-last2=Freeman|author-first2=J|author-last3=Smith}}</ref> 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.<ref name=chlisting>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1299891|desc=Church of St. Michael|access-date=20 May 2020|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> The north porch, in brick and described by [Pevsner](/source/Nikolaus_Pevsner) as humble<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |authorlink1=Nikolaus Pevsner |last2=Cherry |first2=Bridget (revision) |year=1975 |orig-date=1963 |title=Wiltshire |series=[The Buildings of England](/source/The_Buildings_of_England) |edition=2nd |place=Harmondsworth |publisher=[Penguin Books](/source/Penguin_Books) |isbn=0-14-0710-26-4 |page=519}}</ref> carries a date of 1675. The chancel was restored and paved in the 19th century.<ref name=chlisting />

Two of the three bells are from the 17th century.<ref name=vch /> The churchyard has a chest tomb of 1770, a memorial to Marie and Jane Tanner;<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1033998|desc=Tanner monument in churchyard|access-date=21 May 2020|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> and 19th-century tombs of the Hawkins family of neighbouring [Wexcombe](/source/Wexcombe).<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1365507|desc=Pair of Hawkins Monuments|access-date=21 May 2020|fewer-links=yes}}</ref><ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1299862|desc=Hawkins Monument in Churchyard|access-date=21 May 2020|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> The church was recorded as Grade II* listed in 1966.<ref name=chlisting />

The Fosbury [tithing](/source/tithing) was made a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1856 after a church was built there.<ref name=vch /> Hippenscombe, until then extra-parochial, was added to Tidcombe parish in 1879.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=24728 |date=27 May 1879|pages=3603-4|nolink=y}}</ref> Fosbury benefice was united with Tidcombe in 1926, although the parishes remained distinct; the incumbent was to live at the Fosbury parsonage.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33226 |date=3 December 1926|pages=7897-9|nolink=y}}</ref> In 1962 the benefice was united with [East Grafton](/source/East_Grafton%2C_Wiltshire).<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=42846 |date=30 November 1962|page=9350|nolink=y}}</ref> The parish was united with Tidcombe in 1979<ref name=vch /> and Fosbury church was declared [redundant](/source/Redundant_church).<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=47987 |date=25 October 1979|page=13334|nolink=y}}</ref> Today the parish forms part of the Savernake team ministry, alongside eleven other rural churches around [Burbage](/source/Burbage%2C_Wiltshire).<ref>{{cite web|title=St Michael's, Tidcombe|url=http://www.savernaketeam.org.uk/church/tidcombe-and-fosbury/|website=Savernake Team|access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref>

There is an early parish register, for 1635 to 1700.<ref>[https://www.flipsnack.com/5D5F55D9E8C/tidcombe-parish-registers-1639-1700/full-view.html Tidcombe parish register] at flipsnack.com</ref>

== Notable residents ==
[George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe](/source/George_Jellicoe%2C_2nd_Earl_Jellicoe), wartime commander of the [Special Boat Service](/source/Special_Boat_Service) and long-serving politician in the [House of Lords](/source/House_of_Lords), lived at Tidcombe Manor in later life until his death in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Remembering Lord Jellicoe|url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/remembering-lord-jellicoe|last=Leigh Fermor|first=Patrick|authorlink=Patrick Leigh Fermor|date=3 March 2007|website=The Spectator|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/tidcombe_-_approved_statement-2.pdf Tidcombe Conservation Area Statement] – Kennet District Council, 2005. Describes each building of the village.

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Category:Villages in Wiltshire

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