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.

Tottingworth

Early-attested site in the Parish of Heathfield

Historical Forms

  • Tot(t)ingwerthe 1248 Ass 1296 SR
  • Totingworth(e), Totyngworth(e) 1316 FA 1340 NI
  • Tod(d)yngworth, Tod(d)ingworth 1262,1288 Ass
  • Tod(d)yngwerth 1332 SR
  • Tod(d)yngeworth 1309 Ipm 1327 SR
  • Tod(d)inggewerth 1320 Misc
  • Tottingford 1823 G

Etymology

'worþof Totta,' ing .