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.

Tebworth

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chalgrave

Historical Forms

  • Teobbanwyrþe 962 BCS659 c.1200
  • T(h)ebbeworth 1227 Ass 1276 Ass 1286 Dunst 1365 ADi
  • Tebbewurth 1227 Ass 1247 Ass
  • T(h)eburthe 1286 Dunst
  • T(h)ebworthe 1286 Dunst 1308 Cl

Etymology

'Teobba's enclosure' v. worþ . The pers. name Teobba is not on independent record but it is clearly a pet-form for some such OE  name as Þeodbeald , Þeodbeorht or Þeodburh (a woman's name).

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement