Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Torentune 1086 DB

• Thorent' 13 Bun

• Torinton' 1198–1216 1272 Tab

• Thorinth', Thorint(h)ona c.1215 CoLegh

• Thorinton 1260 Court

• Thorynton 1279 AddCh

• Thorneton e13 1260 Court 1620 Sheaf

• Thorneton le Mores 1291 Orm2

• Thorneton in le Moore 1299 ib

• Thorneton in the Moors 1477 ChRR

• Thorneton in the More 1553 Pat

• Thorneton super More, Thorneton super le More, Thorneton Moor 1429 Plea 1474,1519 ChRR

• Thorneton super moras, Thorneton super le moras 1477 Orm2 1598 ChRR

• Thornton e13,1272(17),1284 Chest 1289 Court

• Thornton on the Moor, Thornton More 1299 Plea 1391 Pat

• Thornton super Moram 1302 Cl

• Thornton super le More 1430 ChRR

• Thornton (up)on the Mores, Thornton Moors 1439 Sheaf 1591 ChRR 1742 NotCestr

• Thornton iuxta Moram 1347 ChFor

• Thornton in the Moors 1730 Sheaf 1842 OS

• Thornton le Moors 1831 Bry

• Thurneton 1280 Ipm

• Thorton 1309 Misc

• Thortun 1314 Chol

Etymology

'Thorn-tree farm', from þorn and tūn , with in , on , le and mōr 1 .Thornton is beside the marshes of R. Gowy, cf. The Moors infra . It was a detached part of Dudestan hundred in DB.