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.

Tilty

Major Settlement in the Parish of Tilty

Historical Forms

  • Tileteiam 1086 DB 1156 P
  • Tiletey 1230–3 FF
  • Tyl(l)eteye 1218–47 1251 Ch t.Hy3 Ipm
  • Tilliteye 1251 Cl
  • Tiret(eyie) 1158 P 1159 RBE 1323 For
  • Tiretie c.1200 Gervase
  • Tylteye, Tilteye 1251 Cl 1303 FA
  • Tilthay 1397 Pat
  • Til(l)entye, Til(l)entey 1272 Ass
  • Thyletoya 1291 Hustings

Etymology

'Tila 's enclosure,' v. teag and cf. Tilbury and Tillingham supra 173, 229.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name