Tytherleigh

Tytherleigh
Tytherleigh is located in Devon
Tytherleigh
Tytherleigh
Location within Devon
OS grid referenceST319032
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townAXMINSTER
Postcode districtEX13
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireDevon and Somerset
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Devon
50°49′33″N 2°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),[1] 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.[2]

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".[3]

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.[4] Part of Tytherleigh manor house survives as a farmhouse, dating from the 16th century,[5] with a gateway arch bearing the family coat of arms.[6]

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

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