West Tisted

The village was first properly settled in the early medieval period although a lot of evidence exists to suggest earlier activity if not settlement from the roman and prehistoric period. In the 10th century West Tisted was part of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom Wessex and its land was gifted from then King Eadmund I in around 941 CE. To manage this land gift a charter, a type of land document where the boundary of the land is described, was written for land then known as "Ticcestede". This charter is incredibly important for local history as it gives many early examples of place names for example Stapley Lane given as Stapol Wege and Clinkley Road as Clinca leage. West Tisted is also home to a…

In modern times the village has been dominated by a large working farm, R.S. Hill & Sons, for which some of the residents work. R.S. Hill own the majority of farmland and woodland in the parish and the current West Tisted Manor. The company's surviving proprietor is Ashwin Hill, the remaining son.