Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TILLINGHAM

TILLINGHAM, a parish, with a village, in Maldon district, Essex; 13 miles ESE of Maldon r. station. It has a post-office under Maldon, and a fair on 16 and 17 Sept. Acres, 7,235; of which 3,100 are water. Real property, £7,173. Pop., 1,040. Houses, 231. The property is much subdivided. The manor has belonged, from the Saxon times, to the cathedral of St. Paul's. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £336.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's. The church was recently restored and enlarged. There are Independent and Baptist chapels, a national school, and charities £35.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Tillingham AP/CP       Maldon RegD/PLU       Essex AncC
Place: Tillingham

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