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.

Tedburn St Mary

Major Settlement in the Parish of Tedburn St Mary

Historical Forms

  • Tettaborna c.1120 Earle
  • Teteborna 1086 DB
  • Tetteburn(e) 1234 Fees399 1242 Fees792
  • Tettesburne 1266 Ass
  • Sct. Marytedborne 1577 Saxton
  • Tytteburn' juxta Crydinton 1294 Ass

Etymology

'Tetta 's stream,' v. burna , and cf. Ted and Titchberry supra 14, 76.