Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Tikehil(l)', Tykehil(l)', Tykehyll 1109–19 Nost6d 1119–47 Hy2 BM 1165,1190 P 1199 Abbr 1200 Cur 13 YDvii,x 1201 Abbr 1202etfreqto1336 FF 1438 Linds

• Tikeill' 12 BM 1200 ChR

• Tikeull' 1200 ChR

• Tikehull(e), Tykehull(e) 1189 Nost4 1199 Abbr 1199 Ch 1232 P 1208 Pat 1217 FF 1218 Lib 1230 Ass33 1246 Pat 1315

• Ticahil 1156 YCh186

• Tichaill e.13 BM

• Tichehill', Tichehell' 1161–1168 P

• Tichill(e), Tychill(e) 1280,1290,1302 Ebor

• Thichehill' 1169 P

• Thikehill', Thikehull' 1215 ChR 1219 FF 1236 Pat

• Tickehill 1217 BM

• Tykenhull' 1220 Cur

• Tikhill, Tykhill, Tykhil(e), Tykhyll 1249 RegAlbii,6d 1252 YI 1279–81 QW 1311 NCyWills 1494 FF

• Tykyll, Tykill 1313 Dunelm 1382 Test

• Thykhyl 1297 LS

• Thykhull 1390 Test

• Tyckhull 1301 Abbr

• Tikhull, Tykhull 1340 FF 1347 ADvi 1367 FF 1540 NCWills

• Tekil(l), Tekyll 1363 YDix 1420 YI 1500 FF

• Tykell 1433,1458 Pat 1489 FF

• Tickhill 1559 NCWills 1590 Camd 1597 SessnR

Etymology

Tickhill is usually and no doubt correctly derived from the OE  pers.n. Tica (Goodall 284, DEPN s.n.) and hyll, though the first el. might also be OE  ticcen 'a kid', with -k - from an oblique case, and with a loss of -n normal in the north and occasional elsewhere, as in Tickford Bk 23. The sprinkling of forms with initial Th - (Thiche -, Thike -, Thyk -) also suggests that the first el. might be OE  þicce1 'a thicket, a dense undergrowth', but in any case the frequent AN interchange of T - and Th - (cf. IPN 108–9) is likely enough in the name of a place which in the late eleventh century became an important Norman stronghold and the centre of the great honour of de Busli (cf. The Honour of Tickhill 1supra ). The hill itself became the site of the castle (cf. Castle Hill infra ).