Tillington, Staffordshire
area of Stafford and former civil parish in Staffordshire, UK
Tillington is an area of Stafford, in Staffordshire, England. The area lies about 1½ miles north of the town centre. Essentially, the district lies within a triangle formed by Eccleshall Road, Stone Road and Crab Lane that narrows southward to a point where the two roads join at Foregate Street. Since records were first kept, the area has been recorded as Tillington. In more modern times, the geographic area comprises Tillington, Holmcroft and Trinity Fields as designated Wards of Stafford Borough Council, along with part of the parish of Creswell.
History
In 1841 Tillington was described as "an out-township liberty of the parochial township of St. Mary and St. Chad." In 1851 Tillington was described as being "one and a half miles N of Stafford, comprising an extra-parochial estate of 1090 acres, and 55 inhabitants, on three farms." Tillington was formerly an extra-parochial tract, from 1858 Tillington was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1917 the parish was abolished and merged with Stafford. In 1911 the parish had a population of 1450.
Places of interest
Tillington Hall was situated on the A5013 Eccleshall Road about 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Stafford town centre.
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