East Tisbury and West Tisbury
Major Settlement in the Parish of East and West Tisbury
Historical Forms
- Tyssesburg, Dyssesburg c.800 Willibald,LifeofStBoniface
- (to) Tyssebyrig c.915 BCS591
- (æt) Tissebiri 984 KCD641 14th
- Tisseberie 1086 DB
- Tissebiri 1218 Pap 1316 FA
- Tussebur' 1289 Ass
- Tussebury 1295,1309 FF 1305 Ass
Etymology
Probably 'Tysse 's burh,' though the name is not on record.Tisse from Tidsige would be a natural formation but cannot be reconciled with the 8th-century Tysse , supported as it is by later forms in Tuss -.
Places in the same Parish
None