A LITTLE HISTORY …
There is evidence of two Roman sites - one on Sun Rising Hill, and the other in a field above Middle Tysoe.
The name of the parish is derived from the Old English Tīwes hōh : "spur of land belonging to the god Týr", who was the Saxon war god who gave his name to Tuesday.
The place-name 'Tysoe' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Tiheshoche. Eilert Ekwall comments: "The etymology suggested is rendered likely by the fact that at Tysoe was a cut figure of a horse, after which the Vale of the Red Horse was named. The horse may have been a monument to a victory won by the Anglo-Saxons dedicated to the war-god."
The parish church is dedicated to St Mary and dates back to the 11th century. All three of the villages contain several 17th-century buildings, especially Middle Tysoe, which was once the main village of the parish.
In the Civil War, Tysoe was billeted by parliamentary troops before the battle of Edgehill.
The local village primary school was opened in 1859
Joseph Ashby, the agricultural trade unionist, was born in the village in 1859.