Tattersett is a village and

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in the

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. It covers an area of , and had a population of 902 in 390 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing to 962 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the

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. The village is on the north side of the A148

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road. The

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, a tributary of the

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, rises close to the village.

Origins

The Tattersett name derives from the old

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name of Tatessete, which means 'Tathere's

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'. The village is mentioned in the

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of 1086 as a village called Tatessete in the ancient

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of Brothercross, and is said to be the land of

William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, Lord of Lewes, Seigneur de Varennes (died 1088), was a Norman nobleman created Earl of Surrey under William II Rufus. He is among the few known from documents to have fought under William the Conquero ...

. The boundaries of the

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at the time of the Domesday survey remained largely unchanged, and were anciently divided into

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s, of which no trace remains. Yet it may be possible to determine the leets of Brothercross, and specifically the leet that Tattersett parish was within. At the time of Domesday, the parishes of the hundreds of Brothercross and Gallow "were strangely intermixed". When Tattersett parish was transferred to Gallow hundred (well before 1638),Perhaps during the reign of

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in the early 14th century all the parishes that used the same prior lete court were likely included. Since the end of the 19th century, Gallow hundred has been superseded by other administrative units of government. The

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of Tattersett is in the middle of the village green, opposite Mallard Cottages.

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