Tincleton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Tincleton
Historical Forms
- Tincladene 1086 DB
- Tyncleden Hy3 ChrP 1372 Ass 1268 Pat 1296
- Tincledene Hy3 ChrP 1372 Hutch3 1316,1386
- Holetincleden(e) Hy3 ChrP 1372 FF 1260
- Uptincleden(e) 1257 ib
- Tineleden 1252 Cl
- Hole Tynkelden(e) 1270 ChrP 1372
- Est Tynkelden(e), West Tynkelden(e) 1331 FF 1332 SR 1535 VE
- Tinckledenne 1280 Ass
- Estynkelden 1304 Orig
- Tinkledene 1386 Hutch3
- Tinkelden 1552 Mansel 1674
- Tingledon 1201 FF
- Est Tyngeldon, West Tyngeldon 1483 IpmR
- Holetuncledene Hy3 ChrP 1372
- Tincledon 1244 Ass 1665 Ilch
- Tyncledon 1372 ChrP
- Hincleden, Ingleden 1244 Ass
- Holetyngeldene 1270 ChrP 1372
- Tingledene 1291 Pap
- Tynglelden 1405 AddRoll
- Tinclinden 1288 Ass
- Tykeldene 1327 SR
- Tynkelton 1535 VE
- Tinklton 1575 Saxton
- Tincleton als. West Tincleton 1594 Hutch3
Etymology
The second el. is denu 'valley' (in some forms replaced by or confused with dūn 'hill' and (later) tūn 'village'. The first el. is probably OE *tȳnincel 'small farm or estate', a mutated variant of OE tūnincel (occurring as glosses for Lat villa and praediolum (BT s.v.), cf. Fägersten 178); as Ekwall DEPN points out, derivatives in -incel do not usually have i -mutation, but cf. OHG gensinklî , eninklî from gans , ano . This manor was in fact assessed at only 2 hides in DB (VCHDo 388). The DB form with medial -a - and the ME forms with medial -e - may suggest derivation from an OE gen.pl. in -a , the meaning of the name then being 'valley of the small farms'; on [k] for OE ċ before consonants and back vowels (assuming *tȳninkilo > *tȳnincla > *tȳnncla through syncopation), v. Campbell 174–7.This meaning would seem to be not inappropriate in view of the early divisions of Tincleton suggested by the affixes Hole -, Up -, Est - and West -, v. hol 2 'hollow', upp 'higher', ēast , west . Kökeritz 125 points out that the initial T - may be excrescent (from OE æt - or ME Est -, West -) as suggested by the spellings Hincleden , Ingleden 1244, and compares Incledon D 33 (Hingledon 1238, Incledene 1242, 1244) for which the editors of PND suggest as first el. a pers.n. Inghild , Ingflǣd or Incla ; however the Hincle -, Ingle - forms, in view of their rarity, are better explained as due to the wrong analysis of at Tincle -, Esttincle -, Westtincle - etc., cf. Acton in Langton Mat. par. supra .