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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Thorley Lane

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bowdon

Historical Forms

  • Thorlegh l13 Tab 1394 CoLegh
  • Thorley 1395 Orm2
  • Thorley near Rungeay 1407 ChRR
  • Thorley juxta Rengesy 1407 Orm2ii846

Etymology

Thorley Lane, Thorlegh l13 Tab, 1394CoLegh , Thorley 1395 Orm2, Thorley near Rungeay 1407 ChRR, Thorley juxta Rengesy 1407 Orm2 ii846, cf. Thawley Lane Field 1838TA 34 (14 supra ), 'thorn-tree glade', v. þorn , lēah . For loss of interconsonantal -n -, cf. Thorley Hrt 204, Wt 225.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site