# Tillingham

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A village and civil parish (served by a village council) in Maldon district, Essex (OS grid ref TL9903).
2. A minor river in East Sussex, England, which joins the River Brede at Rye.

## Etymology
"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”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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