English Place-name Society

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.

Thornhill

Major Settlement in the Parish of Thornhill

Historical Forms

  • Thorn(e)ull, Thorn(e)hull(e) 1200 FineR 1230 P Hy3,1285 For 1428 WollCh
  • Tornhull' 1200,1205(p),1209(p),1210(p) P 1230 ChancR
  • Thornhill, Thornhyll Hy3 DbCh 1285 For
  • Tornhill' 1202 P
  • Thornel(l) 1443,1502,1549 Alf
  • Thornel(l) alias Thorneley 1550 FF 1577 Saxton late18th

Etymology

'Thorn-bush hill', v. þorn , hyll .