Postcode for tilty for your sat navs and tom toms is CM6 2EG

TILTY MILL PUBLIC MEETING
Held on 28 march, an interesting meeting was held with concerned Tilty and Duton Hill residents and others interested in Tilty Watermill.
A lively discussion was held airing ideas and views how to move forward.

Anyone interested in joining us should contact either Peter Rolph or Darren Stone

e mail pdrolph@aol.com
or darren@stone09.freeserve.co.uk

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28 Feb
Front Page News coverage of Tilty Mill in Dunmow Broadcast

http://www.caloric.plus.com/dunmow-tilty.pdf

20 February 2008
Today the secretary of state refused plans to convert the grade 2 star listed Tilty Watermill to a residential unit following the planning inspectors recommendations
after the planning inquiry held last year.

Link to full report below
http://www.caloric.plus.com/tiltyplanning.pdf

More news and updates to follow..

I have been looking into another interesting aspect of Tilty Mills history-its connections with an impressive literary and artistic circle in the late 1940's and 50's.
It seems that scottish poet and novelist Ruthven Todd owned Tilty Mill House.(Not the mill), in the late 1940's.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruthven_Todd
After getting a position at the university of New York he moved to the USA in 1947.
So Tilty Mill House was empty. Through friends it was let to arguably its most famous literary resident Elizabeth Smart and her young family.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Smart_(author)
Smarts masterpiece was 'By grand central station i sat down and wept'.
Her circle at Tilty Mill included the poet George Barker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Barker_(poet)
And also scottish painters Robert Colquhun and Robert MacBryde.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Colquhoun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_MacBryde
Apparently the poet and playwright Louis MacNiece lived next door!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_MacNeice

Tilty mill was still working in the early 50's and in Christopher Barkers book, The Arms of the Infinite' there are chapters devoted to their life at Tilty Mill and a very nice picture of the last Miller at Tilty.
http://www.pomonauk.com/books/chrisbarker/index.php

http://books.guardian.co.uk/poetry/features/0,,1853982,00.html

Who would have thought Tilty Mill had such famous residents?

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