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.