Tollesbury
village · Essex
Old EnglishAI-generated
Tollesbury means 'Toll's fortified place'. It is derived from a personal name and the Old English 'burh' meaning fortified place or manor.
Word origins
- Toll
- Old Englishpersonal name(from Tōl "personal name")
- es
- Old Englishgenitive suffix(from es "genitive suffix")
- bury
- Old Englishfortified place, manor(from burh "fortified place, manor")
Historical forms
Tolesberie