Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Tylly 1244 Ass 1553 PlR

• Tylleye 1258 For 1321 FF

• Tilloye (sic) 1314 Pat

• Tilleye 1315 ib

• Tylleygh 1336 IpmR

• Tiley(e) 1263,1299 Ipm

• Tyley(e) 1264 MiltRoll e15 1299

• 'hamlet of Tyley(e)' 1325 Cl 1616 Lane

• Tilee juxta Donetish 1314 FF

• Tyle 1339 FF 1346 IpmR

Etymology

'Wood or woodland clearing where tiles are made', v. tigel , lēah , cf Tyley Gl 2258 and another example of the same name s.n. Tileplace Cottages Brk 131. It gives name to Tiley Knap in Buckland N. par. 3 249. Donetish is Duntish in the same par. 3 242. There is still extensive woodland just to the W of here. With regard to tile-making here, it might be noted that Clinger Fm ('clayey wooded slope') also in Buckland N. par. 3 242 lies 1 mile S, and Clay St in Hermitage par. supra is 2 miles W.