Etymology

Tyldesley

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Today it means: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7001). Full definition →

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The story

From an unattested Old English personal name *Tild + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.