Tilley is a small village in the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
of
Wem Rural
Wem Rural is a large civil parish in Shropshire, England that encircles, but does not include, the market town of Wem. Its settlements include the villages of Aston and Barkers Green (east of Wem), Coton, Edstaston, Quina Brook and Pepperstre ...
, to the south of and almost merged with
Wem
Wem may refer to:
* HMS ''Wem'' (1919), a WWI Royal Navy minesweeper
* Weem, a village in Perthshire, Scotland
* Wem, a small town in Shropshire, England
* Wem (musician), hip hop musician
WEM may stand for:
* County Westmeath
County Westmeat ...
in north
Shropshire
Shropshire (; abbreviated SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West M ...
.
A
hamlet
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, 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, Tilley Farm and Brook Cottage;
all three are timber-framed and have their origins in the
Medieval
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and early
Post Medieval
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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
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.
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
The National Lottery Heritage Fund, formerly the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), distributes a share of National Lottery funding, supporting a wide range of heritage projects across the United Kingdom.
History
The fund's predecessor bodies were ...
(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).
See also
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Listed buildings in Wem Rural
Wem Rural is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 59 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the thre ...
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Villages in Shropshire
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