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Source: July 1979 Volume 17 Number 3, Page 81

TRES DIFFERENT!

Page 81

The following item, concerning the name "Tredyffrin", appeared in the March 18, 1893 issue of the Coatesville Weekly Times:

"It is said that three different townships, or parts of them, were united to form Tredyffrin Township, and the words 'three different' were contracted into ' Tredyffrin."

It's an ingeneous explanation — but quite inaccurate. The correct derivation of the name is given on the preceding page.