Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | Green Lane near Clive Wood - geograph.org.uk - 155817.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Farmland towards Trench Hall and Tilley Green |
Coordinates: | 52.846°N -2.731°W |
Official Name: | Tilley |
Civil Parish: | Wem Rural |
Unitary England: | Shropshire |
Lieutenancy England: | Shropshire |
Region: | West Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | North Shropshire |
Post Town: | SHREWSBURY |
Postcode District: | SY4 |
Postcode Area: | SY |
Dial Code: | 01939 |
Os Grid Reference: | SJ507278 |
Tilley is a small village to the south of and almost merged with Wem in North Shropshire. Population information at the 2011 census is shown under Wem Rural.
A hamlet, Tilley Green, lies to its southeast at . The village or hamlet comprises around 20 dwellings and of these up to 10 are designated listed buildings including Tilley Manor,[1] Tilley Farm and Brook Cottage;[2] all three are timber-framed and have their origins in the Medieval and early Post Medieval periods; Tilley Farm and Manor are of the classic cross-wing vernacular and clearly very early in date, probably 13th/14th century.
Despite the wealth of medieval and post-medieval timber-framed buildings, Tilley does not possess a church. However, it is probable that such a building may have existed somewhere within the centre of the village, probably close to the manor house.
The hamlet appears to be divided into two clusters; the main settlement centred on the medieval buildings and to the east, a peripheral area lying close to the railway which comprise buildings that date from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Between 2014 and 2018 the people of the village obtained a substantial grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to undertake a dendrochronology project which investigated up to 35 historic timber-framed buildings including 11 Listed Buildings. The results of this survey were published in a book - The Tilley Timber Project (2018).