Tillingham is a small village and civil parish with 1,015 inhabitants in 2001, increasing to 1,058 at the 2011 Census, located from

Burnham-on-Crouch Burnham-on-Crouch is a town and civil parish in the Maldon District of Essex in the East of England. It lies on the north bank of the River Crouch. It is one of Britain's leading places for yachting. The civil parish extends east of the town t ...

and from Bradwell-on-Sea, in Maldon District and the

ceremonial county The counties and areas for the purposes of the lieutenancies, also referred to as the lieutenancy areas of England and informally known as ceremonial counties, are areas of England to which lords-lieutenant are appointed. Legally, the areas i ...

of Essex in England. It is one of the villages that make up the ancient

Dengie Hundred Dengie is a hundred in the county of Essex, England. It corresponded to the Dengie peninsula, with the inland, western boundary running from North Fambridge to just west of Maldon. It was known at the time of Domesday as Witbrictesherna (''Wibrih ...

, which is bounded by the River Blackwater and River Crouch. Tillingham village is clustered around the main street with a historic centre that has been designated as a conservation area.Maldon District Council Conservation Areas
The village has two pubs; "The Fox and Hounds" and "The Cap and Feathers", which dates back to the 15th century.

Governance

electoral ward A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to t ...

in the same name exists. This ward includes Bradwell-on-Sea and had a total population at the 2011 Census of 2,182.

Facilities

There is one primary school, St Nicholas C of E primary school. There are two chapels, the Peculiar People's chapel and the Congregational Chapel, and the 14th-century parish church of St Nicholas. The Parish Church has very strong links with

St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London and is the seat of the Bishop of London. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London. It is on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London and is a Grad ...

, in London. The Corporation of the Cathedral Church of St Paul in London owns three arable farms and domestic properties in Tillingham. Links go back to, at least, the middle of the 15th Century and the Cathedral remains the patron of the Parish Church. The Peculiar People,The spread of the Peculiar Peoples Church in Eastern Essex
/ref> who opened their Chapel in 1867, were renamed in the 1950s the Union of Evangelical Churches. Their chapel in Tillingham closed down around 2005.Union of Evangelical Churches
/ref> Tillingham is also mentioned in the H. G. Wells novel '' The War of the Worlds''. It is the place where the narrator's brother arrives at the coast following his exodus from London during the Martian invasion.

Transport

The most frequent service is the Dengie route D4 which operates to Southminster and

. Fords Coaches operates the fortnightly services 2 and 3 which operate lengthy journeys to Chelmsford and Southend. The nearest railway stations are at Southminster and

which offer frequent services to South Woodham Ferrers, Billericay and London Liverpool Street.

References

External links

Tillingham Parish Council
{{authority control Villages in Essex Maldon District