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.

Towersey

Major Settlement in the Parish of Towersey

Historical Forms

  • Eie 1086 DB 1227 Ass
  • Eye 1235 Fees469
  • Turrisey 1237–40 Fees
  • Turesye 1241 Ass
  • Thureseya 1241 Ass 1262 Ass
  • Turseya 1241 Ass 13th ADvi
  • Turresheye 1255 RH
  • Tureseya 1262 Ass
  • Thoreseye 1284 FA
  • Turesheye 13th ADii
  • Tour(e)sey(e) 1302 FA 1326,1337 1346 FA 1360 Pat 1392 IpmR 1434,1445 Pat 1485 Ipm
  • Touresheye 1351 Pat
  • Towresey 1422 ADii 1427 ADvi

Etymology

v. eg . The village is surrounded on three sides by water.The first part of the name is derived from the Tours family who held land here in the 13th cent. Hence, 'Tours'-island' to distinguish it from the neighbouring Kingsey or 'King's island.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site