The study of place names is called Toponymy. In this section we consider the Toponymy of Tintinhull and Montacute. We present two Scenarios we have developed for Tintinhull and one sourced from Google Gemini for Montacute. This latter interestingly mentions the name Tunbeorht which might be compared with the Tutenella for Tintintinhull in the Exon book..

Tintinhull.
Scenario1 from the Brythonic language.The suggestion that Tintinhull is a hill name associated with the nearby Iron age fort at Ham Hill i.e. Din teyrn hulle = hill of the chieftains fort/stones
Scenario 2. The Saxons pronounced Tyn as Tun . The French Exon book scribes pronounced Tyn more like Tin but on hearing the Saxon pronounce the village name they wrote Tutenelle

Montacute A first enquiry from Google Gemini

Feb 2026