Editing Tilehurst (section)

== Toponymy ==
The name ''Tilehurst'' comes from the [[Old English]] "tigel" meaning "[[tile]]" and "hurst" meaning "wooded hill".<ref name="Manor of Tilehurst 5">{{cite book|last=Blagrave|first=J R|title=The Manor of Tylehurst|year=1834|location=Southcote|page=5|isbn=978-1-01-954529-4 |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=c8wHAAAAQAAJ}}</ref><ref name="Bosworth 387">{{cite book|last=Bosworth|first=Joseph|title=A Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language|year=1838|publisher=Longman|location=London|page=387|url=https://archive.org/details/adictionaryangl00boswgoog}}</ref><ref name="Weekley 110">{{cite book|last=Weekley|first=Ernest|title=The romance of names|year=2003|publisher=Kessinger|location=Whitefish, MT|isbn=0766153452|page=110}}</ref> Alternative spellings have included ''Tygelhurst'' (13th century), ''Tyghelhurst'' (14th century), and ''Tylehurst'' (16th century). The present spelling became commonplace in the 18th century.<ref name="BFHS" />