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Full record: Tetsworth

County Oxfordshire
Transcript [tets]worth
Icon description single building
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Description
Appearances
Etymology possibly OE *Tǣtel, unrecorded pers. name, cognate with Tātel + worþ, 'enclosure'
Translation
Earlier editors Tetsworth in Oxfordshire is listed by Gough as Worth under his Buckinghamshire towns. The worth part of the name has been overwritten, but the tets can be seen under ultra-violet light (Parsons).
Early Maps
Overwritten only -worth overwritten (?)
Attested spelling Tetteswrd' c. 1146 9c. 1200) Thame et passim with variant spellings