Tolchard Family History
Tolchard Name Meaning
from Olchard in Ideford (Devon) recorded in Middle English only in the surname *Tolchet. The place-name probably derives from Brittonic *Toll-gę̄d ‘hole-wood’. The loss of initial T- is not uncommon in the place-names of southern England.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016