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Survey of English Place-Names

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Tilt Ho, Cobham Tilt

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cobham

Historical Forms

  • la Tilthe 1328 ChertseyReg
  • (in bosco de) la Tilthe 1492 Chertsey
  • terra voc. Tilthe 1548 LRMB
  • Cobham Tilt 1765 R.

Etymology

Tilt Ho (6″), Cobham Tilt is la Tilthe 1328ChertseyReg , (in bosco de ) la Tilthe 1492Chertsey , terra voc. Tilthe 1548LRMB , Cobham Tilt 1765 R. This is probably the word tilth used in the sense 'land under cultivation,' cf. Tiltwood (PN Sx 283) and Henry atte Tylthe 1448Norfolk (Dorking), and High Tilt, Tilt's Fm, Backtilt Wood (KPN 187).