Tottle

Tottle
This most interesting surname, with variant spellings Toothill, Tootal, Tootill, Tootle and Tothill is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and has two possible, but related interpretations. Firstly, it may be a topographical name for one who lived by a hill which was used as a look-out station against an enemy's approach, from the Olde English words "tot", look-out and "hyll", hill. Alternatively, it may be of locational origin from Toot Hill (Essex), Tothill (Lincolnshire and Middlesex), or Tuttle Hill (Warwickshire), which are composed of the same elements as above. The following quote appears in Earwaker's "East Cheshire": "Near the Forest Chapel is a small quadrangular Roman camp, situate on a hill called Toot-hill". The surname itself first appears in the late 12th Century (see below). Custance Totel and Roger Tothull are both mentioned in the Hundred Rolls of Cambridgeshire in 1273. The Poll Tax Records of Yorkshire record a Johannes de Totehill in 1379. Barbara, daughter of Thomas Tottle, was christened on February 24th 1599 in the Church of St. Mary Whitechapel, Stepney, London. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Gilbert de Totehille, which was dated 1185, in the "Records of Templars in England in the 12th Century" (Warwickshire), during the reign of King Henry 11, known as "The Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

Surnames reference. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?
Synonyms:

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Tottle — Tot tle (t[o^]t t l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tottled} (t[o^]t t ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tottling} (t[o^]t tl[i^]ng).] [See {Toddle}, {Totter}.] To walk in a wavering, unsteady manner; to toddle; to topple. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tottle — v. n. (Colloq.) Toddle, totter, walk unsteadily (as a child) …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • tottle — tot·tle …   English syllables

  • tottle — ˈtäd.əl dialect variant of toddle …   Useful english dictionary

  • Douglas Tottle — (b. 1944[1]) is a Canadian trade union activist and the author of a book about the Ukrainian famine of 1932–1933 (often referred to as the Holodomor) entitled Fraud, Famine, and Fascism: The Ukrainian Genocide Myth from Hitler to Harvard. Tottle… …   Wikipedia

  • Tottled — Tottle Tot tle (t[o^]t t l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tottled} (t[o^]t t ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tottling} (t[o^]t tl[i^]ng).] [See {Toddle}, {Totter}.] To walk in a wavering, unsteady manner; to toddle; to topple. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tottling — Tottle Tot tle (t[o^]t t l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tottled} (t[o^]t t ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tottling} (t[o^]t tl[i^]ng).] [See {Toddle}, {Totter}.] To walk in a wavering, unsteady manner; to toddle; to topple. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Denial of the Holodomor — Holodomor topics Historical background Famines in Russia and USSR · Soviet famine of 1932–1933 Soviet government Institutions: All Union Communist Party (Bolshevik) · Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Ukraine · …   Wikipedia

  • Holodomor — Existen desacuerdos sobre la neutralidad en el punto de vista de la versión actual de este artículo o sección. En la página de discusión puedes consultar el debate al respecto …   Wikipedia Español

  • Green Party of Manitoba candidates, 2003 Manitoba provincial election — The Green Party of Manitoba (GPM) fielded fourteen candidates in the 2003 provincial election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page. The party received a total of 3,792 votes. The GPM also… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”