Tibshelf
Major Settlement in the Parish of Tibshelf
Historical Forms
- Tibecel 1086 DB
- Tibb(e)s(c)helf(e), Tybb(e)s(c)helf(e), Tybb(e)self 1179 ChancR 1212 RBE 1226,1240 FF 1441 StLK
- Tibbeshall als Tybb(e)self 1553 DbAxxvii
- Tibbesshelf 1328 SR 1329 Cl
- Tibbes(c)hulf(e), Tybbes(c)hulf(e) 1312 Pap 1318,1319 RegLich
- Tybbisshulf 1315 Pat
- Tibisself 1179 P
- Tib(e)s(c)helf(e), Tyb(e)s(c)helf(e), Tyb(e)scelf, Tyb(e)self, Tyb(e)chelf c.1200 WollCh 1204 Cur 1229 For 1243 Fees
- Tyb(e)schelw 1272 Ipm
- Tibess(c)helf, Tybess(c)helf 1316 StLK 1325 Pat 1325 Orig 1329 Ipm 1417 Cl
- Tybeschulf 1291 Tax
- Tibishulf 1316 Orig
- Tippeschel(f) 1297,1299 Ipm
- Tipschelf(f) 1430,1443,1447 del'Isle
- Tipshelf 1535 Val
Etymology
'Tibba's slope', v. scelf . Forms in -ss - may be purely scribal (for sh ), but with the occurrence of spellings with medial -i - (which is hardly likely to represent the OE wk.gen. -an ) they may point to a strong form of the pers.n., OE Tibb (gen.sg. Tibbes , ME Tibbes , Tibbis ) rather than Tibba .