Tilbury

Tilbury
Recorded as Tilbey, Tilbury, Tilberry and probably others, this is an English surname. It is locational from any of three parishes in the county of Essex. These are East and West Tilbury, recorded as "Tilaburg", in Bede's "Historia Ecclesiastica" in 730 a.d., and respectively as "Estillebery" and "Westtillebire" in the tax rolls known as the Feet of Fines for that county, dated 1199 - 1203, and Tilbury juxta Clare, entered as "Tiliberia" in the Domesday Book of 1086, and as "Tyllebery" in "the Valuation of Norwich", dated 1254. All these places share the same meaning and derivation, and have as their initial element the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name "Tila", from "til", capable, and "burg", usually translating as "fortified place, fort". Very often the reference is to a Roman or other pre-English fort, though in many cases "burg" denotes a fortified manor, town or borough. Locational surnames, such as this, were originally given to local landowners, and the lord of the manor, and especially as a means of identification to those who left their birthplace to settle elsewhere. In 1273, one Richard de Tillebyr, was noted in the Hundred Rolls of Essex. The first recorded namebearer (below) was present at the meeting of Emperor Frederick 1 and Pope Alexander 111 in 1177, and later made marshal of Arles by the Emperor Otto 1V, to whom he dedicated his work "Otia Imperialia". The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Gervase de Tilbury. This was dated circa 1211, in the "Dictionary of National Biography", during the reign of King John, known as "Lackland", 1199 - 1216. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • tilbury — [ tilbyri ] n. m. • 1819 tilburi; mot angl., nom d un carrossier ♦ Anciennt Voiture à cheval, cabriolet à deux places, découvert et léger. Des tilburys. ♢ Agric. Charrue à siège qui se manœuvre au moyen de leviers. ● tilbury nom masculin (anglais …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • tilbury — TÍLBURY s.n. (Liv.) Cabrioletă cu două locuri. [pron. til ba ri. / < engl., fr. tilbury]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN  TILBURY TÍL BA RI/ s. n. cabrioletă uşoară şi descoperită, cu două locuri. (< engl. tilbury) Trimis de …   Dicționar Român

  • tilbury — [til′bər ē] n. pl. tilburies [after the inventor, Tilbury, 19th c. London coach builder] a light, two wheeled carriage for two persons, popular in the early 19th cent …   English World dictionary

  • Tilbury — Til bu*ry, n.; pl. {Tilburies}. [Probably from Tilburyfort, in the Country of Essex, in England.] A kind of gig or two wheeled carriage, without a top or cover. [Written also {tilburgh}.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tilbury — (spr. Tilberi, T. coach, engl.), eine leichte einspännige unbedeckte zweiräderige Chaise; meist Gabelwagen …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Tilbŭry — (spr. Tilberi), 1) (East T.), Kirchdorf in der englischen Grafschaft Essex, auf dem linken Ufer der Themse, Gravesend gegenüber, durch eine kurze Zweigbahn mit der London Southend Eisenbahn verbunden; 340 Ew. Hier Fort T., das wichtigste… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Tilbury — (engl., spr. tíllbĕrĭ), Art Kabriolett, ein leichter zweiräderiger Gabelwagen …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Tilbury — (engl., spr. tíllbörrĭ), leichter zweirädriger einspänniger Wagen [Abb. 1865] …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Tilbury [2] — Tilbury (spr. tíllbörrĭ), engl. Fort zum Schutze der Themseeinfahrt, Gravesend gegenüber …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Tilbury — (–beri), Dorf an der Themse, Gravesand gegenüber, mit starkem Fort. – T., leichte 2rädrige Chaise für 1 Pferd …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • Tilbury — Infobox UK place official name= Tilbury unitary england= Thurrock lieutenancy england= Essex region= East of England country= England latitude= 51.4606 longitude= 0.3582 population= 12,091 (2001 Census) constituency westminster= Thurrock post… …   Wikipedia

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