Tanworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Tanworth
Historical Forms
- Tanewrthe 1201,1216 Cur 1202 FF 1242 Cl 1292 Wigorn
- Taneword 1207 FF
- Taneworth t.Hy3 BM c.1280 ADiii 1305 ADv 1315 Ipm
- Tannewurth 1249 FF
- Tanneworth 1304 Ass
- Thanew(u)rth 1251 Ch 1270 Wigorn 1308 ADiii
- Thaneworth(e) 1269 Ch 1293 Ass
- Tonew(o)rth 1275 RH 1316 FA 1318 Pat 1349 ADiv 1459 ADii
- Ton(e)worth 1318,1397 Pat c.1480 ECP
- Tonworth al. Tanworth 1538 LP 1618 Recov
- Thoneworth(e) 1293,1344 Ass
- Thoneworth al. Toneworth 1315 Ipm
- Tonneworth 1397,1406,1553 Pat 1441–68 StratGild 1544 LP
Etymology
The pers. name Tonne occurs in the Warwickshire DB and also in Lincolnshire, and we find the form Tone in Yorkshire (cf. Redin no, 137). This may be the weak form of the pers. name noted under Tansor (PN Nth 208). Cf. also Tanfield (PN NRY 221–2). Hence 'Tanna 's farm,' v. worþ .