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.

Tetworth

Major Settlement in the Parish of Tetworth

Historical Forms

  • Tethewurða c.1150 BM
  • Tetteworth 1209 For
  • Tetteswrthe 1244 Rams c.1350 QW 1286

Etymology

'Tetta's enclosure' v. worð . For personal names Tetta , Teota , and Teotta , we may compare Teddington (Wo), Teottingtun BCS 236, Tettenhall (St), ASC s. a. 909 D Teotanheale , Tedburn (D), Tettanburna BCS 1331.

Places in the same Parish

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