The story
"Homestead of the Tillingas, the people called after Tilla, or Tilli," from the Old English folk name *Tillingas, from the personal name Tilla or Tilli + the suffix -ingas (“relating to”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tillingham
Today it means: A village and civil parish (served by a village council) in Maldon district, Essex (OS grid ref TL9903). Full definition →