Tilshead

Tilshead
The Rose and Crown public house and Tilshead Baptist Chapel, Tilshead
Tilshead
Tilshead shown within Wiltshire
Population	358 (in 2011)
OS grid reference	SU035479
Unitary authority	Wiltshire
Ceremonial county	Wiltshire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Salisbury
Postcode district	SP3
Dialling code	01980
Police	Wiltshire
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Salisbury
Website	Parish Council
List of places UK England Wiltshire 51°13′49″N 1°57′03″W / 51.2302°N 1.9508°W / 51.2302; -1.9508Coordinates: 51°13′49″N 1°57′03″W / 51.2302°N 1.9508°W / 51.2302; -1.9508

Tilshead /ˈtɪls.hɛd/ is a village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire in southern England. It is close to the geographical centre of Salisbury Plain, on the A360 road approximately midway between the villages of Shrewton and Market Lavington, and is near the source of the River Till. Its population in 2011 was 358, down from a peak of 989 inhabitants in 1951.

The White Barrow, a Neolithic long barrow, is nearby.

In 1086, Tilshead was a borough and a large royal estate. The tithing of South Tilshead was a manor of Romsey Abbey until the dissolution of the Monasteries, and came to be a detached part of the hundred of Whorwellsdown. The name was sometimes written as Tydolveshyde.

Tilshead Lodge was built in the early 18th century to the southwest of the village, then rebuilt c. 1800. The estate was used for racehorse training in the early 19th and early 20th centuries. The house was demolished sometime after 1957.

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