Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Tillintone 1086 DB

• Tiletone 1086 DB

• Tilton(') c.1130 LeicSurv 1163 P 1166,1167 ib

• Tilton(') Diggeby 1242 Fees

• Tiltona 1165,1167 P l.13(1404),1298(1404) Laz

• Tiltone e.13 1404 RGros 1209×35 GildR 1236 Laz e.14 1404

• Tiltun 1210 GildR 1231 Ch 1236 Fees

• Tylton(') 1231,1233 Cl 1254 Val 1473 CCR 1502 MiscAccts 1576 LEpis 1604 SR

• Tyltone 1301 Hastings 1339 Pat

• Tilton on the Hill 1688 LML 1830 Moule

• Tillintone of 1086 DB

Etymology

'Tila's farmstead, village', v. tūn . The masc. pers.n. Tila is OE.Tillintone of 1086 DB retains the gen.sg. of the specific as -in - (< -an -).Robertus de Diggeby held the manor in 1322, 1324 Cl.