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.

Tinhay

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lifton

Historical Forms

  • Bituinia 1194 P
  • Tuneo 1316 Pat
  • Tenyowe 1486–1515 ECP3,168
  • Twyneow c.1500 PlymRec

Etymology

The meaning is 'between the waters,' the place being on a tongue of land between the Thrushel and Lyd rivers. Cf. Tinney supra 163 and Twinyeo infra 479.