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Survey of English Place-Names

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Tiltridge Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Upton-on-Severn

Historical Forms

  • Telderugg, Teldruge 1275 Ass, SR (p)
  • Tylkcrege, Tyltryge 16th VCHiv.215
  • Teteridge 1892 Kelly

Etymology

There can be little doubt that the first element is OE  teld , 'tent, pavilion,' possibly in the gen. pl. In Sir Gawayne and the Greene Knight (l. 11) the word is used in the wider sense of habitations. What dwellings may be referred to it is impossible to say. The only alternative would be to take it as OE  Teolta , a pers. name only evidenced from the place-name teoltan-ford (BCS 699).

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site