Tyldesley
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (surname): Tildersley, Tildesley
Etymology edit
From the Old English personal name Tilwald + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .
Proper noun edit
Tyldesley (countable and uncountable, plural Tyldesleys)
- A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7001).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Tyldesley is the 10260th most common surname in England, belonging to 577 individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tyldesley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears