Tilsworth

Also known as Tilsworth, Bedfordshire

Tilsworth is a small village and civil parish in Bedfordshire. It lies to the north west of Dunstable, and the Roman Watling Street (A5) forms the north east boundary of the parish of 1,200 acres (4.8 km2). The village lies on the gault clay, where springs well up just south of a gentle gravelly ridge. A large proportion of the area is still farmland.

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Place details

Locality: Tilsworth
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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UK place.official_name: Tilsworth
UK place.country: England
UK place.region: East of England
UK place.static_image_name: The Anchor, Tilsworth - geograph.org.uk - 637861.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: The Anchor public house
UK place.population: 372
UK place.os_grid_reference: SP979244
UK place.post_town: LEIGHTON BUZZARD
UK place.postcode_area: LU
UK place.postcode_district: LU7
UK place.dial_code: 01525
UK place.constituency_westminster: South West Bedfordshire
UK place.civil_parish: Tilsworth
UK place.unitary_england: Central Bedfordshire
UK place.lieutenancy_england: Bedfordshire

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Wikidata facts

Population: 331
Official website: www.stanbridge-tilsworth.com/councils_tils.htm
Image: The Anchor, Tilsworth - geograph.org.uk - 637861.jpg
Dialing code: 01525

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Commons category: Tilsworth
postal code: LU7
OS grid reference: SP979244

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The Domesday Book calls the place "Pileworde" because of a misunderstanding of the symbol for "th", and the name probably means "Thyfel's homestead". A further alternative spelling is "Tyllesworth", in a legal record, dated 1470, mentioning Thomas Carter, a husbandman of the village.