Totteridge
Major Settlement in the Parish of Totteridge
Historical Forms
- Taderege 12th LibEl
- Taterige 1230 FF 1428 FA
- Tateringg' 1254 Val
- Taterygestrete 1546 Barratt
- Tatterigg 1251 Ch
- Tattaryge 1548 BM
- Tattridge 1605 FF
- Totryche 1526 SR
- Tatteridge al. Totteridge 1608 Recov
- water called Tatebourn 1358 AD iii
- brook called Tadbourn 1546 Barratt
Etymology
In the bounds of an estate in 957 (BCS 994) we have mention of a stream called (of ) tateburnan , (on ) tataburnan , which must be the small stream, a tributary of Dollis Brook, which here forms the boundary between Totteridge and the county of Middlesex. Later spellings of this brook-name are water called Tatebourn 1358 AD iii, brook called Tadbourn 1546 Barratt. It is clear that both ridge (v. hrycg ) and bourne (v. burna ) must take their name from the same man Tata .