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.

Tideswell

Major Settlement in the Parish of Tideswell

Historical Forms

  • Tideswell(e), Tydeswell(e), Tydiswell(e), Tyduswell(e), Tydeswell(e) 1086 DB 1192 RegLich 1193 BelCh John Beau 1205 RegLich
  • Tydeswell(e)als Tiddeswell 1321 Ipm
  • Tydeswall(e) 1259 RegLich Ed1 DbCh 1758 Bowen
  • Titeswell(e) 1283 Ipm 1287 Cl
  • Tiddeswell(e), Tyddeswell(e), Tyddiswell(e), Tyddeswell(e) 1192 LichChart 1230 P 1243 FF 1252,1254,1270 LichChart Chas1 DuLa
  • Tyddeswall(e) 1301 AddCh 1338 Ipm 1382 AddCh 1658 Bemrose
  • Teudeswell 1101–8 RegLich
  • Tudeswell(e), Tudiswell(e) Hy3 DbCh 1276 RH
  • Tedeswell 1285 Ipm 1298 DbCh
  • Tedswalle Eliz ChancP
  • Teddeswell(e) 1306 Ass 1377 DbCh 1424 Cl
  • Tidewell, Tydewell 1223 ClR 1232 Cl

Etymology

'Tīdi's stream', v. wælla ; cf. Tideslow infra 173, which may have been named from the same man.