English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Tetsworth

Major Settlement in the Parish of Tetsworth

Historical Forms

  • Tetteswrd' c.1146 Thame c.1200 Thame late14th
  • Teteswrde, Teteswrd' c.1208 Thame early13th
  • Tettiswrth' c.1211 S c.1280
  • Tettysworthe late14th Thame
  • Tettisworth 1482 AD
  • Tettisford 1526 LS
  • Tetleswrthe 1148–55 Thame c.1200
  • Tettleswrd' c.1180 Thame c.1200
  • Tettleswrde c.1197,c.1200(bothearly13th) Thame
  • Tettliswrthe 1210–20 S c.1280
  • Tetliswrth' 1210–20,1211(bothc.1280) Thame
  • Tetleswrh' 1211 FF
  • Tettlusworthe 1375 Dean
  • Tethiswrth' a.1211 S c.1280
  • Tethswrth' a.1211,1211,c.1211(allc.1280) Thame
  • Tethswrthe c.1211 Thame c.1280
  • Tetheswurze 1287 Thame
  • Tettewrthe 1235–6 Bract
  • Tettewurth' 1246–7 Ass
  • Totteswrthe 1278–9 RH
  • Tortesworthe 1285 Ass
  • Techeswurthe 1285 Ass
  • Tottlesworthe 1316 FA
  • Tetdisworth 1428 FA

Etymology

'Tǣtel 's worþ.' Cf. PN Wo 174, PN Sr 337. *Tǣtel would be a mutated form of the recorded Tātel .