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.

Tring

Major Settlement in the Parish of Tring

Historical Forms

  • Tredung 1086 DB
  • Treunge 12th Dugdiv,574
  • Triungla, Treunga, Triangre ib.
  • Trehangre 1265 Misc
  • Treinge 1201 FF 1255 Ass
  • Treinges ib.
  • Treynge 1297 Ch
  • Treyng(g)(e) 1295,1303 Pat
  • Trenge 1201 FF 1259 Pat
  • Treng 13th ADii 1315 Ch
  • Traynge 1211 RBE
  • Trahing 1212 Fees
  • Trieng' 1217 ib
  • Trienge 1414 Pat
  • Trynge 1446 FF
  • Treeng(e) 1222 Bracton 1287 Pat
  • Treheng(e) 1254 Val 1272 Misc
  • Threinge, Treihing', Thereng 1278 Ass
  • Trehyng(e) 1279 FF 1303 FA

Etymology

For a discussion of this name, v. Dacorum Hundred supra 25.