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.

Titsey

Major Settlement in the Parish of Titsey

Historical Forms

  • Tydices eg 964–95 BCS1132 12th
  • Ticesei 1086 DB
  • Ticheseia c.1148 AD
  • Tichesey 1197 FF
  • Ticheseie 1199 Cur
  • Tychesye 1210–12 RBE 1434 Pat
  • Tikeseie 1187 P
  • Tikesia 1200 Cur
  • Techeseye 1436 SR
  • Tytsay 1500 FF
  • Tittesey al. Tichesey 1607 Recov

Etymology

'Tydic 's well-watered land,' v. eg . Tydic is a diminutive of the recorded Tidi .