Tilty | |
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![]() Church of St Mary the Virgin | |
Location within Essex | |
Population | 98 (2001) |
OS grid reference | TL600264 |
• London | 35 mi (56 km) SE |
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District | |
Shire county | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | DUNMOW |
Postcode district | CM6 |
Dialling code | 01279 |
Police | Essex |
Fire | Essex |
Ambulance | East of England |
UK Parliament | |
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.[3] A further listed building is the derelict Grade II* Tilty Mill, which dates from the early 18th century.[4] Tilty was recorded in the Domesday Book as Tileteia.[5]