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.

Tillingham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Tillingham

Historical Forms

  • Tillingaham c.1000 CCC383 c.1125
  • Tillingeham c.610 BCS 1181 StP 1202,1247 FF
  • Thillingeham 1163–70 AC
  • Tylling(e)ham 1218–47 FF 1458 VStP
  • Tilingham 942–51 ASWills 14th
  • Tilingeham 1181 StP
  • Tillingham 1086 DB 1251 FF
  • Tilligheham 1235 Ass

Etymology

'The settlement of the people of Tilli ,' v. ingaham . Cf. Tilbury supra 173.