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.

Tinhead

Early-attested site in the Parish of Edington

Historical Forms

  • Tunheda 1190 P
  • Tunhyde t.Hy3 Edington
  • Tunhid(e) 1275 RH 1373 Ct
  • Tynhide 1242 SarumCh 1249,1253 Ass
  • Tinhide 1275 RH
  • Tynhyde 1332 SR 1402 FA
  • Tenhyde t.Hy3 Edington 1256 FF 1270 For
  • Tenhid, Tynhid 1327 Banco, SR
  • Teynhed 1255 RH
  • Teynhid 1258 Ass
  • Teenhide 1280 Ch
  • Tyenhyde 1289 Ass
  • Thienhide 1305 ib
  • Tynnehide 1397 Ct
  • Tynehead 1563 FF
  • Tynhedd t.Eliz WMxxi
  • Tenehedd 1571 SR
  • Tinnet 1657 Devizes

Etymology

'Ten hides,' v. hid . See Mawer, PN and History 22. Cf. Teignhead (PN D 459) for another corruption of such a name.Unfortunately it is impossible to identify in DB the holding which gave rise to Tinhead.