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Early Origins of the Tissington family

The surname Tissington was first found in Cheshire at Titherington, a township in the parish of Prestbury. 1

It is generally thought the place name dates back to the Domesday Book for Wiltshire where it was listed as Tidrentune. By the 13th and 14th centyury, the township was also known as Tyderinton and Tyderington. 2

One of the first record of the family was Jordan de Tyderinton who was listed here in 1250. Later in Yorkshire, William de Tyveryngton was listed as a Freeman of York, 11 Edward II (during the eleventh year of King Edward II's reign.) and later, John de Tyderynton was vicar of Sandback in 1356. 1

Early History of the Tissington family

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Tissington Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Titherington, Titterington, Tydrington, Titrington, Tittrington and many more.

Early Notables of the Tissington family

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United States Tissington migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Tissington Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Henry T Tissington, who arrived in Colorado in 1881 3


  1. Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
  2. Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
  3. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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