Tilty or Tylsey 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.
Tilty's church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, and is Grade I
listed. It was originally a chapel of
Tilty Abbey
Tilty Abbey was a Cistercian abbey in Tilty, Essex, England. It was Dissolution of the Monasteries, dissolved 3 March 1536. The chapel, with a nave built circa 1220, became a parish church and has survived, with later alterations and extensions.
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, 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''.
See also
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The Hundred Parishes
The Hundred Parishes is an area of the East of England with no formal recognition or status, albeit that the concept has the blessing of county and district authorities. It encompasses around 450 square miles (1,100 square kilometres) of northwes ...
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Vision of BritainBritish Listed Buildings
Villages in Essex
Civil parishes in Essex
Uttlesford
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