Tilty Essex Family History Guide

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Tilty is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

Alternative names: Tiltey

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1673
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1813

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

TILTY, a parish in Dunmow district, Essex; 3¾ miles NNW of Dunmow, and 4½ E of Elsenham r. station. Post town, Dunmow, under Chelmsford.

Acres, 1,040. Real property, £1,278. Pop., 83. Houses, 20. A Cistertian abbey was founded here in 1152, by the Earl of Derby; and was given, at the dissolution, to Lord Andley.

The living is a donative in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £100. Patron, Viscount Maynard. The church was part of the abbey, and is decorated English.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Essex, Tilty – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Tilty, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Essex, Tilty – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Tilty, 1813-1859
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Tilty (Essex)

Parish register transcripts, 1673-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Tilty (Essex)

Parish registers for Tilty, 1672-1981
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Tilty (Essex)

Transcripts of some Essex marriage registers
Author: Baxter, Jack H.

England, Essex, Tilty – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Tilty, Essex, Eng

Parish register printouts of Tilty, Essex, England ; marriages, 1675-1754
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Tilty, Essex, England, christenings, 1672-1811
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

  • County: Essex
  • Civil Registration District: Dunmow
  • Probate Court: Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (Essex and Hertfordshire Division)
  • Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
  • Rural Deanery: Dunmow
  • Poor Law Union: Dunmow
  • Hundred: Dunmow
  • Province: Canterbury