Tubney
Major Settlement in the Parish of Tubney
Historical Forms
- Tobenie 1086 DB
- Tobbeneia a.1170 ClaudiusCix c.1200
- Tobbeney 1242–3 Fees 1316 FA
- Tobbeneye 1327 SR
- Tubbeneia William Abingdon c.1240 RBE 1166 13th
- Tuben' 1185 RR
- Tubeney 1242–3 Fees 1284 Ass
- Tulbeneye 1268–72 FF
Etymology
'Tubba's island', v. īeg , ēg . DEPN suggests that the pers.n. is a short form of Tūnbeorht . The same landowner is referred to in the 10th-cent. name tubban ford , v. Tubworth infra .
The 250′ contour delimits a peninsula of raised ground in the central part of the parish, and the parish-boundaries follow the streams which surround this except on the N., where Tubney Wood runs up to the higher ground occupied by Bessels Leigh.