Tidmarsh
Major Settlement in the Parish of Tidmarsh
Historical Forms
- Tedmerse 1196 P
- Thedmers 1213 OblR
- Thed(e)merse 1223 Bract c.1250 Ass 1241
- Tedemerse a.1280 PubLibDoc
- Edmers' 1236–7 Bract c.1250
- Tydmers 1284 Ass
- Tydmerssch 1412 FA
- Tydemershe 1428 ib
- Thudemers (p), Tudemershe, Thudmers 1300 Ipm
- Thudemersch 1337 Gor
Etymology
Second el. mersc 'marsh'. The first might be OE þēod 'nation, people', found in Thetford (Nf), Tetford (L) and Ede Way (BdHu 122). The meaning could be 'common marsh'. Ekwall (DEPN) suggests a pers.n. Tydda , but more forms with -u - and with medial -e - might have been expected from such a base.