Thorpe Tilney is a hamlet in the civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 of Timberland

Timberland, Lincolnshire

Timberland is situated just south of Martin in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England on Timberland Fen.-Geography:Timberland is situated near the Car Dyke, which used to be navigable....

 in the district of North Kesteven

North Kesteven

North Kesteven is a local government district in the East Midlands. Just over north of London, it is east of Nottingham and south of Lincoln. North Kesteven is one of seven districts in Lincolnshire, England and is in the centre of the County...

, in the county of Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

, England. The hamlet is located directly south of Timberland, and stretches from Thorpe Tilney on the B1189 eastwards through Thorpe Tilney Fen to Thorpe Tilney Dales beside the River Witham

River Witham

The River Witham is a river, almost entirely in the county of Lincolnshire, in the east of England. It rises south of Grantham close to South Witham, at SK8818, passes Lincoln at SK9771 and at Boston, TF3244, flows into The Haven, a tidal arm of The Wash, near RSPB Frampton Marsh...

. Thorpe Tilney was a civil parish between 1866 and 1931 when it was abolished to enlarge Timberland.

In 1545 three houses in Thorpe Tilney, a possession of the dissolved priory of Kyme

Kyme Priory

Kyme Priory was a priory in South Kyme, Lincolnshire, England.The Augustinian Priory of Kyme was founded by Philip of Kyme, steward to Gilbert Earl of Lincoln, before 1169, in honour of the Blessed Mary, for about twelve Canons....

, were granted to John Broxholme and John Bellowe. A farm on a slight hill east of the Car Dyke

Car Dyke

The Car Dyke was, and to large extent still is, an eighty-five mile long ditch which runs along the western edge of the Fens in eastern England. It is generally accepted as being of Roman age and, for many centuries, to have been taken as marking the western edge of the Fens...

 may represent the site, which is known locally as Priory Hill.

Thorpe Tilney Hall is a grade II listed red brick small country house dating from 1740 with later alterations and additions. Also listed are the Orangery

Orangery

An orangery was a building in the grounds of fashionable residences from the 17th to the 19th centuries and given a classicising architectural form. The orangery was similar to a greenhouse or conservatory...

and attached garden dating from 1740, and the Stable block and cottage dating from 1740.

Evans Farmhouse is also a listed building, built of red brick and dating from 1782.