Tillingham is a small village and

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with 1,015 inhabitants in 2001, increasing to 1,058 at the 2011 Census, located from Burnham-on-Crouch and from

Bradwell-on-Sea Bradwell-on-Sea is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. The village is on the Dengie peninsula. It is located about north-northeast of Southminster and is east from the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the District of Mal ...

, in

Maldon District Maldon is a local government district in Essex, England. The council is based in Maldon, and the district includes other notable settlements such as Burnham-on-Crouch, Heybridge, Wickham Bishops, Southminster, Tolleshunt D'Arcy and Tollesbu ...

and the ceremonial county of

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and Grea ...

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. It is one of the villages that make up the ancient Dengie Hundred, which is bounded by the River Blackwater and

River Crouch The River Crouch is a small river that flows entirely through the English county of Essex. The distance of the Navigation between Holliwell Point which is north of Foulness Island and Battlesbridge is 17.5 Miles, i.e. 15.21 Nautical Miles. ...

. 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

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward includes

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

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'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, 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

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''. 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 Southminster is a town and electoral ward on the Dengie Peninsula in the Maldon district of Essex in the East of England. It lies about north of Burnham-on-Crouch and south-east of Maldon; it is approximately east-north-east of London. To the ...

and Burnham-on-Crouch. Fords Coaches operates the fortnightly services 2 and 3 which operate lengthy journeys to

Chelmsford Chelmsford () is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county, along with Southend-on-Sea and Colchester. It ...

and

Southend Southend-on-Sea (), commonly referred to as Southend (), is a coastal city and unitary authority area with borough status in southeastern Essex, England. It lies on the north side of the Thames Estuary, east of central London. It is bordered ...

. The nearest railway stations are at

and Burnham-on-Crouch which offer frequent services to

South Woodham Ferrers South Woodham Ferrers is a town and civil parish in the borough of Chelmsford, in the English county of Essex. It is approximately from London and southeast of the city of Chelmsford, and had a population of 16,453 at the 2011 Census, a decre ...

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and

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References

External links

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