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Tilston

Village and civil parish in England

Field	Value
country	England
static_image	St. Mary's Church Tilston - geograph.org.uk - 510742.jpg
static_image_caption	St. Mary's Church, Tilston
coordinates
official_name	Tilston
population	603
population_ref	(2011 Census)
civil_parish	Tilston
unitary_england	Cheshire West and Chester
lieutenancy_england	Cheshire
region	North West England
constituency_westminster	Chester South and Eddisbury
post_town	MALPAS
postcode_district	SY14
postcode_area	SY
dial_code	01829
os_grid_reference	SJ4526250649

Tilston is a village and a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the county of Cheshire, England. It is located near the larger towns of Chester to the north, Wrexham to the west and Whitchurch to the south. At the 2001 Census, the population was recorded as 627, reducing to 603 at the 2011 census. Tilston is home to a primary school of approximately 100 students.

Buildings

The parish is home to a number of notable buildings and structures including St Mary's Church, a Grade II* listed building. A War Memorial Hall was opened in 1976, commemorating ten parishioners lost in World War I and six in World War II.

History

Roman history

Tilston stands on the site of the Roman town of Bovium, which was a staging post on the Roman road (similar to Watling Street) between the larger settlements at Deva Victrix (modern-day Chester) and Viroconium (now Wroxeter).

Middle Ages

In 1066 after the Battle of Hastings the area of present-day Tilston was taken by the Normans from the Anglo-Saxons. Initially Gerbod the Fleming and a few years later Hugh Lupus, thought to be a nephew of King William I (William the Conqueror), were given extensive areas of Cheshire by the King, to assume the titles of 1st and 2nd Earl of Chester respectively.

Lupus gave control of parts of his earldom to his supporters, with the Manor of Tilston assigned to the Norman knight Sir Eynion, who assumed the title Eynion de Tilston and passed title and manor on to his descendants. The 'Tilston lords' lived in a castle on the manor thought to be close to the current village of Shocklach, eventually losing their status during the demise of feudalism in England.

Since the Middle Ages, Tilston's history has been closely linked with that of neighboring Carden including through the activities and buildings of the Carden Estate.

Welsh Marches

The village is located in the Welsh Marches, the area along the English border with Wales. In the 12th century, Wales was not part of the Kingdom of England and the Welsh conducted frequent raids across the border into Tilston and other English 'Marcher' areas, until Wales was conquered in the late 13th Century by King Edward I ('Longshanks').

References

External sources

References

(July 2024). "Location of Chester South and Eddisbury".
"2001 Census: Tilston CP". Office for National Statistics.
"Parish population 2011".
"Tilston Parochial CE Primary School".
"Imperial War Museum, War Memorials Register".
Waddelove, A.C.. (1984). "The Location of Bovium". Britannia 15, Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies.
Phillips, A.D.M.. (2002). "A New Historical Atlas of Cheshire". Cheshire County Council.

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