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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.
Tittenhanger is now part of ST ALBANS District. Click here for graphs and data of how ST ALBANS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Tittenhanger itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
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: 08th April 2026
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