Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Tiwesle 1086 DB 1107–17 SarumCh

• Tywe(s)leia 1155–62 StOsmund

• Tywele 1272 FF

• Tywesle 1325 Ass 1340 Loseley 1345 Moulton

• Tewsley 1524 SR

• Tiwerlei 1220 StOsmund

• Tewersle 1313 Ass 1314 Moulton

• Tyweresle 1344 Loseley

• Tuersle 1384 ib

• Tywersly 1314 Moulton

• Tywersle 1402 FA 1435 Loseley

• Tuerslee 1407 FF

• Tuersly 1634 ParReg

• Tewersley 1583 Musters 1599 SrWills

• Tewarsly 1621 ParReg

• Tewersley common 1679 Loseley

• Twyueresle 1332 SR

• Twesley c.1350 SACxxii 1596 Musters

Etymology

The discovery of numerous forms containing an r makes the explanation of Tuesley as a “leah sacred to the god Tiw ” (cf. Mawer, Problems 61) difficult, but it should be noted that the introduction of inorganic r in 13th century p.n. forms is not without parallels. Overstone (Nth) first shows such a form in 1285 (PN Nth 134) and Silverstone (ib. 43) has them from 1253 onwards.