Thrushelton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Thrushelton
Historical Forms
- Tresetone 1086 DB
- Tresetona 1088 Totnes
- Thrisselton' 1242 Fees757 1303 FA
- Thrysselton juxta Bratton 1336 Ass
- Thrysshelton 1242 Fees776 1334 SR
- Trisselton 1284 FA
- Trisshelton juxta Stouford 1313 Ass
- Thrushelton 1306 Ipm
- Trusshilton 1364 Ass
- Trussell, Trussellton 1428 FA
- Treshalton 1502 ECP4,94
Etymology
v. tun . Ekwall (RN 406) takes the first element of this name to be OE þryscele , 'thrush,' which survives in Devon dialect as thrishel (v. EDD s. v .). Cf. also Thurlescombe infra 551, and la Throsalbeare 1470Ct . The river Thrushel (supra 14) is probably an early back-formation from the p.n.