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.

Tidwell Barton

Early-attested site in the Parish of East Budleigh

Historical Forms

  • Todewell 1306 Ass 1378 IpmR
  • Toddewille 1408 Ass
  • Tottewyll 1490 Ipm
  • Tudewille 1323 Ass
  • Tudewelle 1339 Ass
  • Tudwyll 1498 Ipm

Etymology

Perhaps 'Tud (d )a 's spring,' v. wielle . See, however, Tiddy Brook supra 14.