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| Tilley | |
|---|---|
 Farmland towards Trench Hall and Tilley Green | |
  Tilley Location within Shropshire | |
| OS grid reference | SJ507278 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SHREWSBURY |
| Postcode district | SY4 |
| Dialling code | 01939 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Shropshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Tilley is a small village in the civil parish of Wem Rural, to the south of and almost merged with Wem in north Shropshire.
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A hamlet, Tilley Green, lies to its southeast at grid reference SJ511273 . The village or hamlet comprises around 20 dwellings and of these up to 10 are designated listed buildings including Tilley Manor, [1] Tilley Farm and Brook Cottage; [2] all three are timber-framed and have their origins in the Medieval and early Post Medieval 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.[ citation needed ]
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 (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).
