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Tytherleigh, (Lr) Tytherleigh Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chardstock

Historical Forms

  • Tiderlege Hy2 HMC
  • Tiderlegh(') 1327 SR 1340 NI 1423 AddRoll
  • Tiderleigh 1664 HTax
  • Tyderle(y)gh(') 1247 BMI 1254 Drew 1332 SR 1346 HarlCh
  • Tyderley 1306 Forde 15 FA 1431
  • Tyderly(e) 1322 HarlCh 1462 Hutch3
  • Tyderleigh 1596 HarlRoll 1637 DCMCt
  • Tuderlege 1201 PND
  • Tuderlee 1280 Ass
  • Tuderlegh 1317 Harl
  • Tidderleg(a) c.1226–8 Drew 1251 Ch
  • Tydderleye 1288 Ass
  • Tydderley 1581 FF
  • Tudderleghe c.1300 AddCh
  • Tytherleigh 1597 DCMCt
  • Titherley 1649 Salis
  • Titherleigh 1795 Boswell 1842 TAMap

Etymology

'The thin or tender wood', from the OE adj. tīedre and lēah , probably applied to young growth, cf. E Tytherley & W Tytherley Ha (DEPN, PN Ha 165) which has the same origin.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement