Tillingham

Coordinates: 51°41′53″N 0°52′59″E / 51.698°N 0.883°E / 51.698; 0.883

Tillingham is a small village and civil parish with 1,015 inhabitants in 2001, increasing to 1,058 at the 2011 Census, located 8 miles (13 km) from Burnham-on-Crouch and 3 miles (4.8 km) from Bradwell-on-Sea, in Maldon District and the ceremonial county of Essex in England. It is one of the villages that make up the ancient Dengie Hundred, which is bounded by the River Blackwater and River Crouch.

Tillingham village is clustered around the main street with a historic centre that has been designated as a conservation area.

The village is home to two pubs "The Fox and Hounds" and the "The Cap and Feathers", a public house which dates back to the 15th century.

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward includes Bradwell-on-Sea 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 Peculiar Peoples 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 opened their Chapel in 1867 were part of the Union of Evangelical Churches. They closed down around 2005.