Tingewick, United Kingdom

History

The remains of a Roman villa provide evidence of early habitation in the parish. It is about 440 yards (400 m) northeast of the village, about 200 yards (180 m) from the river and lies east of Tingewick Mill. The villa was partly excavated in 1860–62.

The toponym is a simplified corruption of Old English Teod[a]'s farmstead or farm; the Domesday Book of 1086, a book which usually uses "ch" or "che" instead of "k", records the village as Tedinwiche.

The earliest part of the Church of England parish church of Saint Mary Magdalene are the walls and floor of the Norman 12th century nave. The three-bay north aisle was added in about 1200. The Perpendicular gothic chancel and bell-tower were added late in the 15th century. The north aisle was altered in the 17th century, the south aisle was added in 1830 and the south porch in 1867.

The tower has a ring of five bells. The oldest was cast in London in about 1490 and is inscribed Nomen Magdalene Campana Gerit Melodie. The second bell was cast by Bartholomew Atton of Buckingham in 1591. Robert Atton of Buckingham cast the fourth bell in 1623 and the treble bell in 1627. The youngest bell in the ring is the tenor, cast by Henry Bagley III of Chacombe and Witney in 1721.

From the History section of Tingewick on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.