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Help[Surname] Re: the last name "tilney"
in reply to a message by sam
According to Reaney & WIlson's A Dictionary of English Surnames, this indicates that one's ancestor came from a place called Tilney in the county of Norfolk, England.
And according to A Dictionary of English Place-Names by A. D. Mills, the place name either meant "useful island" or "island of a man called Tila".
And according to A Dictionary of English Place-Names by A. D. Mills, the place name either meant "useful island" or "island of a man called Tila".
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