Tillingham
Tillingham is a small village with 959 inhabitants in 2006 .[1] located 8 miles from Burnham-on-Crouch and 3 miles from Bradwell-on-Sea. It is one of the villages that make up the ancient Dengie Hundred) that 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..[2]
The village is home to "The Cap and Feathers", a public house dating back to the 15th century.[3]
There is one primary school which is St. Nicholas C of E primary school.
Places of Religion
There are 2 chapels, the Peculiar Peoples chapel and the Congregational Chapel, and the 14th century parish church of St Nicholas.
The Peculiar People.[4].opened their Chapel in 1867 and still continue to worship although now part of the Union of Evangelical Churches .[5]
Annual Events
One of the highlights in the village calender is Tillingham Flower Show which takes place annually in July. The flower show combines a Flower Show with country show and village fete to make a great rural day out.
Tillingham Festival of Music and Arts holds musical events to suit all tastes during the month of June.
War of the Worlds by H G Wells
Tillingham was the place where invaders from Mars arrived in England in the famous H G Wells novel called the War of the Worlds.
" Then far away beyond the Crouch, came another striding over some stunted trees, and then yet another still farther off wading deeply through a shiny mud flat half way up between sea and sky. By midday they passed through Tillingham, which strangely enough seemed silent and deserted, save for a few furtive plunderers hunting for food. Near Tillingham they suddenly came into sight of the sea, and the most amazing crowd of shipping of all sorts that it is possible to imagine."
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