60343 Thorpe Tilney (or just Tilney) is an extinct hamlet in the parish of Timberland. It is mentioned in the Book of Fees (1135-1154), and in two charters registered in the cartulary of Thurgaton Priory, now in Southwell Minster. On 4 July 1545 John Broxholme and John Bellowe received a royal grant of three houses in Thorpe and Tylney (sic), being possessions of the dissolved priory of Kyme. {1}{4}{5} Earthwork remains of ridge and furrow survive, and are visible on aerial photographs (formerly PRNs 60341 and 60342 - now deleted). {2} The population in 1801 was 90, and by 1901 it was 98. {3}