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.

Tolney

Early-attested site in the Parish of Borough of Newark

Historical Forms

  • Tolney c.1205,1215 RegAntiq
  • Tolnaye t.Ed1 Brown
  • Tolneybroke 1292 Misc
  • Tolney c.1510 Ct
  • Tolney pasture, Tolney Conygre 1570 Depositions
  • the Tolney 1607 Brown
  • Towlney meadowe 1649 ParlSurv

Etymology

Tolney is Tolney c. 1205, 1215 RegAntiq (p), Tolnaye t. Ed 1 Brown, Tolneybroke 1292 Misc, Tolney c. 1510Ct , Tolney pasture , Tolney Conygre 1570Depositions , the Tolney 1607 Brown, Towlney meadowe 1649ParlSurv . The forms do not admit of any certainty of interpretation.