Tilbrook
Major Settlement in the Parish of Tilbrook
Historical Forms
- Tilebroc 1086 DB 1202 Ass
- Tillebroc 1202 Ass 1203 FF 1227 Ass 1242 Fees888
- Tillebrok, Tyllbrok 1227 Ass 1276 Ass
- Tylebrok, Tilbrok E1 SR
- Tylbroke 1276 Ass
- Tilebroke 1287,1307 Ass
Etymology
'Til(l)a's stream' v. broc . If that is the case this must have been the old name of what is now called the river Til or (further down stream) the river Kym. Alternatively we might perhaps take broc here to mean low-lying land (v. EPN). The river- name Til is certainly only a back-formation from Tilbrook.