English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Totties, Totties Hall

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • Totties 1577 WillY 1817 M
  • Tottye's 1647 YDr
  • Tottys, Tottis 1666 Visit 1709 WMB 1771 M

Etymology

, Totties 1577 WillY, 1817 M, Tottye 's 1647YDr, Tottys , Tottis 1666 Visit, 1709 WMB, 1771 M , possibly an early use of dial . totty in the compound totty-grass ' quaking grass ( used in much the same way as beonet ' bent-grass ' in the common f.n. Bents ) , but it could also be a surname from ME  toty ' tottering,unsteady ' which is the same word .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site