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Tytherleigh

Village in Devon, England

Summary

Village in Devon, England

Field	Value
country	England
official_name	Tytherleigh
os_grid_reference	ST319032
coordinates
civil_parish	Chardstock
shire_district	East Devon
shire_county	Devon
region	South West England
post_town	AXMINSTER
postcode_district	EX13
postcode_area	EX
constituency_westminster	Honiton and Sidmouth

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.

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".

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. Part of Tytherleigh manor house survives as a farmhouse, dating from the 16th century, with a gateway arch bearing the family coat of arms.

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

References

[http://www.opcdorset.org/ChardstockFiles/Chardstock.htm Dorset OPC: Chardstock]
(2010). "The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names". Cambridge University Press.
Judy Cannon. (2014). "The Tytherleigh Tribe".
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