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.

Totteridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chipping Wycombe

Historical Forms

  • Tuterugge 1179 P
  • Toterugge 1179 P 1416 Wyc

Etymology

'Tota's ridge' or 'look-out hill' v. hrycg , cf. Toothill and the like.