The name is first documented as Tiwithcop in Esrom Abbey's Book of Letters (Esrum Klosters Brevbog) in 1170.

For centuries the village consisted of six farms, one of which was the rectory, a few other houses, an inn and a forge.

The parish had a large population of poor people who were attracted by the opportunity to work in the local forest industry.

A windmill was built in 1873, a co-operative dairy opened in 1893 and Tikøb Brugsforening eas founded in 1920.

Tikøb Lake dried out in the 1950s and together with the new road Harreshøjvej in 1964, this led to the establishment of a new neighbourhood.

Gurrelund, the former municipal seat, retirement home and fire station, has been converted into a complex with 16 apartments.