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.

Tytchney

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ombersley

Historical Forms

  • la Twichene 1275 SR
  • Twychene, Twichene 1308 Wigorn 1371,1375 ADiv 1389 Pat

Etymology

This is OE  twicen (e ), 'place where two roads meet,' found also in Touchen End (Berks), la Twychene in IPM 1351, 1360 and in twycene in Pershore (BCS 1282) and Twichene in Pensax (1240 WoP) and very commonly in Devon. There is a road- crossing just north of Tytchney.