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.

Todwick

Major Settlement in the Parish of Todwick

Historical Forms

  • Tateuuic 1086 DB
  • Tatewich 12 Hlm a.1172 YChvi 1219–49 Hem214 1316 Ch
  • Tatewic 1185 Dugdv 1199 Ch 1232 Ebor 1254
  • Tatewick, Tatewik(e), Tatewyk(e) 13 1232 Ebor 1246 Ass13d 1263 YDvii 1323 YDxvi,99 1391 WillY
  • Thatewic 1186–1213 YChvi 1208 Cur
  • Tathewic 1329 Roche
  • Tatwic 13 YDxiii,62
  • Tadwy(c)k 14 Sawl193d 1305 YDxiii,63
  • Totewik(e), Totewyk(e), Totewick 13 YDxii,96 1285 KI 1300 Ch 1303 KF 1304 Ebor 1316 Vill 1327 YDxiii,64 1366 Hlm
  • Todewyk(e) 1268 FF 1379 PT 1420 YI 1428 FA
  • Tottewyk 1285 KI 1395 Testiii
  • Thodewik, Thodewic 1297 LS l.13 YDxiii,63
  • Tothewic l.13 ib
  • Totwi(c)k 1361 BM 1368 YDxvi,99 1401 WillY
  • Todwik(e), Todwyk 1391 BM 1400 Pat 1409 DivcV 1822 Langd
  • Toodweke 1552 WillY

Etymology

The phonetic history of Todwick points to an OE  Tāt - with ME rounding of ā to ō in the thirteenth century (cf. Phonol. § 9); ME  Tōt - was subsequently shortened in the compound to Tot - and -t - was voiced before the following voiced -w -. The occasional forms with That -, Tathe -, etc., are not significant, being inverted spellings.'Tāta's dairy-farm', from the OE  pers.n. Tāta (Redin 55) and wīc.