Tilshead
Sign in to saveTilshead () is a village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire in Southern England, about northwest of the town of Amesbury. It is close to the geographical centre of Salisbury Plain, on the A360 road approximately midway between the villages of Shrewton and West 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.
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Tilshead
- UK place.static_image_name
- Village scene, Tilshead - geograph.org.uk - 2454394.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Rose and Crown public house and Tilshead Baptist Chapel, Tilshead
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SU035379
- UK place.population
- 358
- UK place.population_ref
- (in 2011)
- UK place.unitary_england
- Wiltshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Wiltshire
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- East Wiltshire
- UK place.post_town
- Salisbury
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Salisbury
- Population
- +358
- Official website
- tilsheadvillage.com
- Image
- Village scene, Tilshead - geograph.org.uk - 2454394.jpg
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- Martin Deutsch
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Tilshead () is a village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire in Southern England, about northwest of the town of Amesbury. It is close to the geographical centre of Salisbury Plain, on the A360 road approximately midway between the villages of Shrewton and West 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.
==History== Salisbury Plain has much evidence of prehistoric activity. One kilometre south of Tilshead village, under the ridge of Copehill Down, is the White Barrow, a large Neolithic long barrow. To the southwest and southeast are ancient boundary ditches, partly followed by the parish boundary; the ditch in the southeast has a long barrow next to it.