Welcome
to new Titherlys
Josh Ray was born on 14th April
2006, sending proud grandparents Ray and Yvonne 'over
the moon'
 Elouise
was a Boxing Day present for Jo and Sean. More...
Yvette and Mark made Tony and Ann proud grandparents when
Soul was born on 19th April 2004.
 Orlanda
was born to Paul and Michelle in August 2003. More....
 Stephen
and Sam became the proud parents of Grace
on 4th May 2003. More....
New
Titherlys
If you know of any other Titherlys/ Titherleys/
Tytherleys/ Tytherleighs born since 2003,
please let us know. click here |
Weddings
 Paul
and Michelle
Congratulations to Paul and
Michelle, who were married in East Hoathley on Saturday
23rd July 2005. More...
Sharon married Robert
on 11th September 2004.
Keira
Marie
Keira Marie
married Justin Weller 29th May 2004.
 Neil
married Michelle in Woking on 9th August 2003.
More...
Jo married Sean
in Eastbourne on August 23rd, 2003. More....
 Mark
and Lisa were married in Sri Lanka on 20th
November, 2001. More....
 Stephen
and Sam married on 4th August 2001 in Wakefield
. More....
Recent
weddings
Please click here
to send details of any other recent weddings.
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Origin
of the name
The surname Titherly / Titherley / Tytherleigh / Tytherley
appears to have come from the village of Tytherley in
Hampshire or the village of Tytherleigh in Devon.
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Probable meaning
of the name
The name has two components. The first seems to come
from the old English 'tiedre' meaning weak or fragile,
and the second is 'leah' meaning 'grove' or 'thin wood'.
More......
 Coat
of arms
The Titherly coat of arms is "Ermine, two cripping
irons in saltire gules". 'Ermine' describes the
background - white 'fur' with an ermine's footprint.
'Cripping irons' were tools used by glaziers. 'Saltire'
means that the irons are in the shape of the St. Andrew's
cross. 'Gules' is old word for red, the colour of the
cross. More.....
Spreading out!
The name may have started in the south west of England,
but it is now represented in many parts of the world
including Tasmania (read
about Dave Titherley Jazz musician) and
several parts of the USA.
We know of a presence in the USA in the 17th century,
because William Daves arrived in New England from Bristol
on 16th April 1669, 'bound' to William Titherly,
to work in the American plantations.(Tepper,
Passengers to America, 1980)
Other emigres were William C Titherly,
who worked his passage from Liverpool to Ellis Island,
on board the Barth Colonial Empire, arriving in America
on 30th May 1917 at the age of 48 and Harold
Alfred Titherley,
born in London, who emigrated and started the Australian
branch of the family.
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Family
Trees
Linked charts take the surname back to about 1590. More
information is available dating back another 200 years
or so and will be added to the site soon. More....
How
many of us?
The 1901 census records 217 people with the surname
Titherly, Titherley, Tytherley or Tytherleigh in England
or Wales. Other spellings of the name, which are known
to have existed before, seem to have disappeared by
then.
There were 256 people with the surname in one of its
spelling variations, who were registered to vote in
England, Scotland or Wales in 2003. More....
When
did the spelling change?
Once, names tended only to be written by an official
and that person would spell the name the way they thought
it sounded. Consequently, the name would often be spelt
differently within the same family and even the same
person could have their name spelt differently on different
occasions. More....
Hanging
on to the name
Clearly, some people don't like to let the surname go.
We have heard from one such family in the USA. All the
girls have a second name 'Leigh'. When they marry and
take on their husband's surname, they still keep that
contracted form of Tytherleigh.
Footnote
about titherly.com
When this web site was launched in 2002
there were about 12 - 16 visits per day. The
number of visitors has grown steadily. We now
usually get more than 250 visits
each day, typically 2000 visits a week. If you
have anything of interest that you can share
with people who want to read about the name,
send it to us by
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