Tilty
| Tilty | |
|---|---|
 Church of St Mary the Virgin | |
  Tilty Location within Essex | |
| Population | 102 (Parish, 2021)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TL600264 |
| • London | 35 mi (56 km) SE |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DUNMOW |
| Postcode district | CM6 |
| Dialling code | 01279 |
| Police | Essex |
| Fire | Essex |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Tilty is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It lies 3 miles (5 km) north-west of Dunmow, its post town. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 102.
Tilty was recorded in the Domesday Book as Tileteia.[2] It was historically also known as Tylsey.[3]
Tilty's parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, and is Grade I listed. The building is the surviving chapel from the monastery of Tilty Abbey, which was dissolved in the 1530s; the nave was built circa 1220.[4]
Another listed building is the derelict Grade II* Tilty Mill, which dates from the early 18th century.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "2021 Census Parish Profiles". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 March 2025. (To get individual parish data, use the query function on table PP002.)
- ↑ "The Domesday Book Online - Essex T-Z".
- ↑ p.73, Alison Plowden, Lady Jane Grey: Nine Days Queen, p.73, 2003, Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing
- ↑ Historic England. "Church of St Mary the Virgin (1169090)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ↑ Historic England. "Tilty Mill (1112221)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
External links
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Media related to Tilty at Wikimedia Commons- Vision of Britain
- British Listed Buildings
- St Mary The Virgin's Church, Tilty
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