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.

Tiltwood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Worth

Historical Forms

  • ate Tilthe 1327 SR
  • Tilt 1567 FM

Etymology

Tiltwood is to be associated with Alicia ate Tilthe (1327 SR), and is called Tylthe in 1476, Tilt in 1567 (FM ). tilth must here be used in the sense of sb. 4 in the NED, viz. 'land under cultivation.'