Meanings
- A village and civil parish (served by a village council) in Maldon district, Essex (OS grid ref TL9903).
- A minor river in East Sussex, England, which joins the River Brede at Rye.
Origin
"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”).
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Tillingham. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tillingham
“Tillingham.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tillingham. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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