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Tittenley, Tittenley Fm

Major Settlement in the Parish of Audlem

Historical Forms

  • Titesle 1086 DB 1286 Orm2
  • Titneleg', Titneleia, Titneleya 1257,c.1275 Shav
  • Tytnelegh 1295 ChF
  • Titeneleg' c.1275 Shav
  • Tyttinleg' c.1275 Shav
  • Tyttenlegh 1286 Orm2 1528 Orm2
  • Tyttenn' 1304 Chamb
  • Tittenleye 1313 Eyton
  • Tittenley 1631 Sheaf
  • Tittenley Bridge 1621 Sheaf
  • Tittenley Green, Tittenley House 1846 TA
  • Teteneleg' l13 AddCh
  • Tittelegh 1286 Ch 1287 ChRR
  • Titteley 1290 Orm2 1313 Eyton
  • Tyttelegh 1355,1356 Indict 1398 ChRR
  • Tittelegh, Tyttylegh, Ty(t)t(e)ley(e), Ti(t)t(e)ley(e), (t)t(e)le(gh) from 1418 Shav, ChRR, Orm2
  • Titley Hall 1656 Orm2
  • Titley or Tittenley 1842 OS
  • Tutenl(egh) 1304 Chamb
  • (le) Tyntenlegh, Tintenlegh 1304 Chamb
  • Tittumlegh 1354 Indict 1364 ChRR 1454 Orm2 1373 ChRR 1404

Etymology

'Titta's clearing or wood', from an OE  pers.n. Titta , as in Tidcombe W 356, and lēah, with brycg , grēne 2 , and loge .