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Survey of English Place-Names

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Tylers Grove

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tanworth

Historical Forms

  • Tylhous grove 1373 ADiv
  • Tylers Grove c.1840 TA

Etymology

Tylers Grove is Tylhous grove 1373 AD iv, Tylers Grove c. 1840TA . Cf. also le Tylhous Ovene 1373 AD iv and Tylecroft 1475Rental . 'Tile house and field,' clearly with reference to a place where they were made. v. croft . For the modern form cf. PN Sr xxv.