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.

Tigley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dartington

Historical Forms

  • Tiggele, Tiggelegh 1399 Ct

Etymology

'Tigga 's leah.' This pers. name is not recorded, but might be a pet form of an OE  name such as Tīdgār .