The village of Titley has been occupied for over a thousand years and there is evidence of a pre-conquest priory in the village originally dedicated to an obscure Welsh saint and later subordinate to the abbey of Tiron in France.
Titley’s parish church, dedicated to Saint Peter was rebuilt in 1869. The Stagg Inn, known as The Balance until 1833, became in 2001 the first pub in the United Kingdom to be awarded a Michelin Star.
Eywood House was built just west of the village in 1705. A landscaped park was laid out around the house, and an existing kettle lake, Titley Pool, was enlarged. The house was demolished in 1958. Titley Pool is now a nature reserve.
Titley village hall is situated directly behind The Stagg Inn and is available for hire, as well as being regularly used by the parish council and other local organisations such as the WI, Scouts & Brownies, garden and bowls clubs.
The Normans chose the high ground of what was to become Staunton on Arrow for a small wooden castle, protected by ditches, palisades and a gatehouse. The current steep and curving road up to the church was probably in one of those ditches. In the late seventeenth century, the village consisted of a few houses and small farms around the medieval church, two large farms, the Court of Noke and Old Court with their extensive flood meadow systems for the improvement of pastureland, and the original water mill below the church.
Staunton’s current parish church, St Peter’s, was rebuilt in the late nineteenth century. By the early 1950’s, notable additions over the years had included the current house names: Gig Bridge; Stream Cottages; The Laurels; Stone House; Old School House; the Old Post Office; Staunton House; the Old Vicarage; and Lealands. Gradual development since the mid-50s has resulted in what is the thriving village community of today, with its present Village Hall, which was opened in 1994.
Staunton on Arrow is surrounded by the hamlets of Horseway Head, Noke Lane, Stocklow, Staunton Green and Stansbatch.