This is Hampshire | CommuniGate | Titchfield History Society Feedback Welcome Committee Reviews of recent THS meetings A Short History of Titchfield The Titchfield Tapestry Forthcoming Meetings History from the Post THS Bookshop THS Contact Information Henry Cort How to Find History The Lowdown on Titchfield Editorial Eye-Witness Book Titchfield Families Our Industrial Past Where are the chimney pots? Titchfield Market Hall Titchfield Canal Debate Links for Titchfield History Society Message Board Guestbook Mail Form The story of The Titchfield Tapestry ON Tuesday 11th of April 2000 the Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, Mrs Mary Fagan inaugurated the Titchfield Millennium Tapestries. The work documents the story of the village from as far back as Saxon times which come alive in a series of six beautiful panels. Using a technique called stump work, three dimensional embroidered figures tell the history of the area. They depict many scenes, from St. Wilfred bringing over Christianity to the Saxons from the Isle of Wight, the rape and pillage of the Normans, the archers that Titchfield was particularly famous for, the Earls of Southampton, to present day with the well-known Titchfield Carnival. The tapestry work has involved over 40 women and men and become a real community project for even those inexperienced with a needle and thread. "As well as the actual sewing, we've had so much help from other members of the community. From a local carpenter who made the frames for each tapestry panel to a photographer recording all the work, everyone in Titchfield has been so supportive." The artist John Harper pictured on the right. Local artist John Harper who designed the panels had to get the historical storyline correct. "John spent hours locked in the archive rooms in Winchester doing all the historical research and checking all the facts. He then brought the whole thing to life in drawings of characters and buildings which we used as a guide for the tapestry," says project organiser, Tessa Short. The tapestries are usually on display at the Parish Rooms at the foot of Southampton Hill. Please see the notice board for details of access.  Email page  Feedback  Home Welcome |Committee |Reviews of recent THS meetings |A Short History of Titchfield |The Titchfield Tapestry |Forthcoming Meetings |History from the Post |THS Bookshop |THS Contact Information |Henry Cort |How to Find History |The Lowdown on Titchfield |Editorial |Eye-Witness Book |Titchfield Families |Our Industrial Past |Where are the chimney pots? |Titchfield Market Hall |Titchfield Canal Debate |Links for Titchfield History Society |Message Board |Guestbook |Mail Form