Bishops Tachbrook, Tachbrook Mallory
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bishops Tachbrook
Historical Forms
- Tæcelesbroc 1033 KCD751 c.1200
- Taschebroc, Tacesbroc 1086 DB
- Tachesbroch 1176 P
- Takebroc(h) 1179,1180 ib
- Takebroke 1289 Ass
- Tachesbroc 1298 Ipm
- Tachebrok 1112 AC 1259,1459 Ch 1330 FA
- Tachebroc c.1200 AD 1200 Cur
- Tachebroc Mal(l)ore 1298 Ipm 1301 FF
- Bishops Tachebroke 1511 ADiii
- Tachebroke Malory 1547 Monast
- Fishers Tatchbrook 1576 Deed
- Tachebrooke Episcopi al. Fyshers Tachebrooke 1595 Recov
- Thechelesbroc 1151 RegAlb
- Thecchelesbroc c.1250 Kenilworth
- Tacheslebroc (sic) t.Hy2 AD
- Tachelesbroc c.1149 Madox 1195 P 1200 CivilPl 1227 FF
- Tackelesbroc 1185 Monast 1201 Cur
- Thakhelesbroc 1200 Cur
- Thacchesbroc, Thecchesbroc c.1250 Kenilworth
- Thachebroc, Thachebrok 1255 RegAlb 1272 Ass
- Thacklesbrok c.1320 RegAlb
- Tecchelesbroc c.1250 Kenilworth
- Thechesbroke, Theckesbroke t.Ed1 ADii
- Mailore in 1202 FF
Etymology
Ekwall (RN 389) takes the first element to be an OE tǣcels , a derivative of tǣcan , 'to show, direct the way,' the meaning being 'something that shows.' The name may have referred to a boundary brook, the stream on which Tachbrook stands forming here for a few miles the boundary between the ancient dioceses of Lichfield and Worcester. The Bishop of Chester held one manor in DB. Henry Mallore held the other manor in the parish in 1200 (Cur) (spelt Mailore in 1202 FF). In 1549 this manor was granted to Thomas Fisher (Dugdale 384).