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.

Tideford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cornworthy

Historical Forms

  • Tidewrthi 1238 Ass
  • Tiddewurdi 1244 Ass
  • Tideworth 1272 Ipm
  • Tydeworth 1327 Banco
  • Tydeworthy juxta Westcorneworthy 1322 Ass
  • Tiddesworth 1376 Pat

Etymology

'Tid (d )a 's worþig.' Cf. on tiddan cumb BCS 1002.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement