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.

Tiddesley Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pershore St Andrew

Historical Forms

  • Tiddesle, (boscus de Tiddesle) 1218 FF
  • Tedelee 1233 Bracton
  • Tydesle(ge) 1243 Cl 1276 RH
  • Tydele 1275 Ass
  • Tidsley 1637 QSR

Etymology

'Tidi 's clearing,' v . leah and for the pers. name Redin (124).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site