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.

Thorn Close

Field in the Parish of Stoke Wake

Historical Forms

  • Thorn Close c.1750 Seymer
  • Thorne Croft 1494 Seymer 1559 Seymer

Etymology

Thorn Close c.1750, Thorne Croft 1494, 1559(v. þorn)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement