Tushingham cum Grindley
| Tushingham cum Grindley | |
|---|---|
 St. Chad's Church, Tushingham | |
  Tushingham cum Grindley Location within Cheshire | |
| Population | 187 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SJ527462 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WHITCHURCH |
| Postcode district | SY13 |
| Dialling code | 01948 |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Tushingham cum Grindley is a former
Etymology
The Grindley component of the name has been given as Grenleg' Grenlet, Grenlee, Grynleye, Grynesley, and Gryndley sometimes with Broke, broc, or "le Brock" added to the end since the thirteenth century. It refers to "Green wood" or "clearing" next to a brook. The brook later became known as Wych Brook, and it now forms the county boundary between Cheshire and Shropshire at that point.[4]
For the origins of Tushingham', two possible explanations have been reported: the first was originally put forward by Eilert Ekwall, who concluded that it referred to "the village of Tunsige's people", but a more recent suggestion is that a more direct origin from the Middle English "tuss(h)e" (a tuft of grass or rushes) and "ing" (a place) with "ham" yields a meaning of "the village in the place where tufts of grasses or rushes grow". All the forms of the name that Dodgson records from the Domesday Book onwards begin with "Tus-" as opposed to "Tuns-": Tusigeham, Tussinhgham, Tussincham, Tussingeham, and Tussyncam.[4]
Governance
Tushingham was originally a township in
St Chad's Chapel, Tushingham is a Grade I listed building, and it is reported that there appears to have been a chapel present there since the fourteenth century.[7]
See also
Notes and references
Notes
- ^ "Neighbourhood Statistics: Tushingham cum Grindley civil parish". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- ^ "TUSHINGHAM CUM GRINDLEY". GENUKI. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ a b Dodgson (1972, p. 47)
- ^ Youngs (1991, p. 39)
- ^ Youngs (1991, pp. 3, 39)
- ^ Dodgson (1972, p. 48)
Bibliography
- Dodgson, J. McN. (1972), The place-names of Cheshire. Part four: The place-names of Broxton Hundred and Wirral Hundred, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-08247-1
- Youngs, F. A. (1991), Guide to the local administrative units of England. Volume II: Northern England, London: Royal Historical Society, ISBN 0-86193-127-0
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