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.

Tilshead

Major Settlement in the Parish of Tilshead

Historical Forms

  • Theodulveside 1086 DB
  • Teolvesia 1180–7 France
  • Teovelsia 1246 Ch
  • Tidulfhide ib.
  • Tidolfeshida 1167 P
  • Tidolveshyde c.1190 SarumCh
  • Tidulveshida 1198 Fees
  • Tidulveshid' 1205 Fine
  • Thidulveshide 1225 Pat
  • Tydulfeshid 1242 Fees 1332 SR
  • Tydolside 1390 FF
  • Tydelsyde 1394 Ass 1428 FA
  • Tyleshed 1502 Ipm
  • Titleside 1535 VE
  • Tylsehed 1578 FF
  • Tilsed 1675 Ogilby
  • Tilshead oth. Tulshead oth. Tydelshead 1811 Act

Etymology

'Þēodwulf 's hide of land' with later confusion with the name Tidwulf , v. hid . For the river Till, v. supra 10.

Places in the same Parish