Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Tichesovre, Tichesoure 1086 DB 1104–6 RegAnt

• Tichesoura(m) 1104–6 1120–9 Reg 1123–9 CartAnt Hy1 Dugd 1166,1167 P

• Tichesora c1131 Reg 1130–3 France

• Ticesoure 1104–5 RegAnt

• Tykesovre, Tikesovre, Tikesoure 1255(p),1267 Pat 1351 Cl

• Tikesoura 1163 RegAnt 1187,1188 P 1194 et freq

• Tikesour' 1104–6 RegAnt

• Tikesoures 1210 P

• Tikesovere, Tikesouere 1263,1286 Ass 1392 FF

• Tikesofre 1203 ib

• Tikeshovere 1256 For

• Tikeshowre 1286 Ass

• Tikessovere 1203 FF

• Tykesor(e), Tikesor(e) 1205 FF 1267 Pat 1361 Pat 1423 et passim

• Tikeshore 1258 Cl

• Thikesor 1285 Pat

• Tyxovere, Tixovere 1343 Pat

• Tixover, Tixouer 1461 Cl 1468 Rut 1550 Pat 1556 FF

• Tyxsore 1382 Pat

• Tekesore, Tekysore 1347,1478 Pat 1535 VE

• Texover 1579 FF

• Tixover or Texover or Tixor or Tekesore 1758 Recov

Etymology

'The ridge where the young goats are grazed', v. ticcen , ofer 2 .The first el. is the gen sg. ticcnes of OE  ticcen 'a kid', which gives the voiceless stop [k]. Spellings in ch in early forms are AN representations of this voiceless stop. The generic ofer 2 is replaced in many early forms by OE  ōra1 'an elongated, flat-topped hill', v. A. Cole, 'The origin, distribution and use of the place-name element ōra and its relationship to the element ofer ', JEPNS 22 (1989–90), 27–41.