Tackley
Major Settlement in the Parish of Tackley
Historical Forms
- Tachelie 1086 DB
- Taccheleia a.1161,1194–6 Eynsh
- Tacchele 1170–95 Eynsh
- Takkelea 1176 P
- Takelea 1187 P 1525 AD
- Tackele 1196 FF 1346 Ipm
- Takkele 1227 Ch 1306 AD 1476 AD
- Thackele 1219–20 RH
- Thackeley 1285 Ass
- Tacle 1278–9 RH 1397 Os
- Takley 1383 Cl 1442–4 Eynsh 1510 AD
- Tackle 1480 Frid
- Takla 1517 DInc
- Tackley, Tuckley 1675 Ogilby
Etymology
Identical with Takeley PN Ess 535: the meaning may be '*Tæcca 's wood or clearing,' second element lē(a)h. Ekwall (DEPN) suggests that the group of names he discusses under Tackley have an earlier form of teg , tag , 'a young sheep,' as first element. Tackewell ' (v. w(i)elle) is mentioned 1196 FF as a place in Tackley.