Totteridge Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Milton Lilborne
Historical Forms
- Tetherigg(e) 1199 FF 1257 For
- Tederigge 1205 Cur
- Teterige 1211 RBE
- Teterigge 1282 ADvi
- Toteryg 1315 Ipm
- Toderygge 1362 For
- Tyterygge 1545 FF
- Totteridge t.Jas1 ECP
Etymology
The interpretation of this name is not easy but the early forms suggest a compound of an OE *tȳte and hrycg. OE tȳte would be allied to tote , 'look-out,' now toot , LGer tūte , Du tuit , used of a snout and various other things that project or thrust themselves forward. Here we have a small ridge projecting into the river valley. Hence perhaps 'projecting ridge.'