Tilbrook (name)

Tilbrook is an English-language surname. A 19th-century source states that the name was confined mostly to the county of Essex, and that there was a William de Tilbroc recorded in the Hundred Rolls for Lincolnshire in the 13th century.[1]

Notable people with the name include:

  • Adrian Tilbrook, British drummer
  • Glenn Tilbrook (born 1957), British singer and guitarist with Squeeze
  • H. H. Tilbrook (Henry Hammond Tilbrook, 1848–1937), Welsh-born Australian landscape photographer and newspaper owner
  • John Tilbrook (born 1946), Australian rules footballer
  • Paula Tilbrook (1930–2019), British actress known for her role as Betty Eagleton in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale
  • Robin Tilbrook (born 1958), British solicitor, leader of the English Democrats

References

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  1. ^ Guppy, H. B. (1890). Homes of family names in Great Britain. London: Harrison and Sons. pp. 184, 192 – via Internet Archive.