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.

Thistle Lands

Field in the Parish of Brigsley

Historical Forms

  • 1863 Haigh
  • thyslandes 1577 Terrier
  • Long Thys landes 1577 Terrier
  • Shorte Thyslandes 1577 Terrier
  • long thislandes 1601 Terrier
  • a Furlange called shorte this landes 1601 Terrier

Etymology

Thistle Lands 1863(thyslandes, Long Thys landes, Shorte Thyslandes 1577, long thislandes, a Furlange called shorte this landes 1601, v. þistel, land)