Tilty Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Tilty
Coordinates:51.9131°N 0.3253°W
Os Grid Reference:TL600264
Civil Parish:Tilty
Shire District:Uttlesford
Shire County:Essex
Region:East of England
Population:98
Population Ref:(2001)
Static Image:St Mary the Virgin, Tilty, Essex - geograph.org.uk - 339745.jpg
Static Image Caption:Church of St Mary the Virgin
Post Town:DUNMOW
Postcode District:CM6
Postcode Area:CM
Dial Code:01279
London Distance Mi:35
London Direction:SE

Tilty or Tylsey[1] is a village and a civil parish in the Uttlesford district, in the county of Essex, England. In 2001 the population of the civil parish of Tilty was 98.[2] Tilty's church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, and is Grade I listed. It was originally a chapel of Tilty Abbey, which was dissolved in the 1530s; the nave was built circa 1220. A further listed building is the derelict Grade II* Tilty Mill, which dates from the early 18th century. Tilty was recorded in the Domesday Book as Tileteia.[3]

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  1. p.73, Alison Plowden, Lady Jane Grey: Nine Days Queen, p.73, 2003, Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing
  2. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61_60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790396
  3. Web site: The Domesday Book Online - Essex T-Z .