Tilty Abbey
Tilty Abbey was a Cistercian abbey in Tilty, Essex, England. It was dissolved 3 March 1536. The chapel, with a nave built circa 1220, became a parish church and has survived, with later alterations and extensions.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: former monastery in Essex, England, UK
- Also known as: “Ruins Of Tilty Abbey Of St Mary”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tilty and The Swan Public House.
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tilty
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tilty is situated 330 feet southwest of Tilty Abbey.
The Swan Public House
Pub
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Swan Public House is situated 4,200 feet southeast of Tilty Abbey.
St Mary’s Church, Chickney
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the parish of Chickney, Essex, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. St Mary’s Church, Chickney is situated 2 miles northwest of Tilty Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Richmond’s Green and Cherry Green.
Richmond’s Green
Hamlet
Richmond's Green or Richmonds Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Thaxted, and the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It is 1.5 miles miles south-east from the town of Thaxted. The post town for Richmond's Green is Dunmow. Richmond’s Green is situated 2 miles northeast of Tilty Abbey.
Cherry Green
Hamlet
Photo: David Morgan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cherry Green or Chaureth Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Broxted and the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. The hamlet is 1.5 miles north from the parish village of Broxted, 2.5 miles west from the town of Thaxted, and 16 miles northwest from the county town of Chelmsford. Cherry Green is situated 2½ miles northwest of Tilty Abbey.
Holder’s Green
Hamlet
Holder's Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lindsell, in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. The hamlet is the site of the Essex Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve of 'Sweetings Meadow' which can be found on the hamlet's western approach from Richmonds Green. Holder’s Green is situated 2½ miles northeast of Tilty Abbey.
Tilty Abbey
- Categories: abbey, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Tilty, Uttlesford District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.91496° or 51° 54′ 54″ northLongitude
0.32552° or 0° 19′ 32″ eastElevation
246 feet (75 metres)Open location code
9F32W87G+X6OpenStreetMap ID
way 1188316145OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Tilty Abbey” goes by many names.
- French: “abbaye de Tilty”
- French: “Abbaye de Tilty”
- German: “Kloster Tilty”
- German: “Tilty Abbey”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tilty Abbey”. Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.