Tytherington
Major Settlement in the Parish of Tytherington
Historical Forms
- Tidrentvne 1086 DB
- Tid(e)rin(g)ton(a), Tyd(e)rin(g)ton(a), Tyd(e)yn(g)ton(a) 1154–89 Berk 1167 P 1220 1248 Ass 1262 Ipm 1592 Eg60d
- Tyddrington' 1287 Ass
- Tyringetun c.1220 Berk
- Tuderinton', Tuderyngton' 1272–8 Ipm 1287 Ass 1378 Works
- Teteryngton 1375 Ipm
- Titrington 1378 Works
- Tedryngton, Tedrington 1503 Ipm 1535 VE 1592 Eg60d 1612 FF
- Titherington, Titheryngton 1592 Eg60 1594 FF
Etymology
Possibly 'farmstead associated with Tīdhere', from the OE pers.n. Tīdhere ; v. -ing 4 , tūn . But the few Tud - spellings support Ekwall's proposal to take the pers.n. as an OE (WSax ) Tīedre (a byname derived from OE tīedre 'tender') or OE Tȳdre (from OE tūd (d )or 'progeny'); cf. Tytherton, Tytherington (W 91, 168). If it is from Tīedre , the name would have a distinctively WSax form which is not usual in Gl, and we should therefore perhaps favour Tȳdre , which would normally appear in Gl as Tider - and Tuder - (cf. Phonol. § 30); the same pers.n. may occur in the local f.n. Tutterfyld (infra ). On the change of -d - to -th - cf. Phonol. § 33.