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.

Tamworth Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Mitcham

Historical Forms

  • Tamworth t.Hy8 MinAcct
  • Tamworth 1351 FF 1354 Pat

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Tamworth t. Hy 8MinAcct . This isprobably a manorial name deriving from the family of John deTamworth (1351 FF, 1354 Pat) who must have come from Tamworth (St) .