Tytherleigh

Tytherleigh
Tytherleigh Location within Devon
OS grid reference	ST319032
Civil parish	Chardstock
District	East Devon
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	AXMINSTER
Postcode district	EX13
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Honiton and Sidmouth
List of places UK England Devon 50°49′33″N2°58′08″W / 50.8257°N 2.96889°W / 50.8257; -2.96889

Tytherleigh is a village in the civil parish of Chardstock in Devon, England (historically in Dorset), close to the borders with Dorset and Somerset on the A358 road between the towns of Axminster and Chard. It was in Dorset until 1896. ^[1]

The place-name, first recorded in 1154 as Tiderlege, is from the Old English tīedre "thin" or "tender" and lēah "woodland", and therefore means "thin or tender woodland". ^[2]

The Tytherleigh Arms public house in the village displays the Tytherleigh family coat of arms on its sign. The Tytherleigh family lived at Tytherleigh Manor for about 500 years until 1729. ^[3] Part of Tytherleigh manor house survives as a farmhouse, dating from the 16th century, ^[4] with a gateway arch bearing the family coat of arms. ^[5]

The village is on the route of the Fosse Way Roman Road.

References

1. Dorset OPC: Chardstock
2. Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Tytherleigh", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press
3. Judy Cannon (2014). The Tytherleigh Tribe. p. 12. ISBN   978-1-906551-37-7.
4. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1169976)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 19 October 2015.
5. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1098590)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 19 October 2015.

External links

Media related to Tytherleigh at Wikimedia Commons