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.

Tollesbury

Major Settlement in the Parish of Tollesbury

Historical Forms

  • Tolesberiā, Tolesberiam 1086 DB
  • Tolesbir(ia) 1212 RBE 1232 FF
  • Tollesbir(e) 1230 Bodl
  • Tollesbir(e) Abbisse 1285 Ass
  • Tollesbery, Tollesberia 1303 FA 1318 Londin 1326 Pat
  • Tollesbury 1318–37 Londin
  • Thollesbr' 1253 FF
  • Tollebyr', Tollebir 1234,1235 FF
  • Tollebir Abbatisse 1285 Ass
  • Towlseburye 1594 N
  • Tollesburgh 1605 EAviii

Etymology

'Toll 's burh.' Cf. Tolleshunt infra 306, Tol as a pers. name in DB and Tollington (PN Mx 85). The Abbess of Barking had land here before the Conquest.