South Carlton or Carlton Thurleby
Early-attested site in the Parish of South Carlton
Historical Forms
- Carleton Thurleby 1343 Pat
- Carleton' cum Thurleb' 1254 ValNor
- Karleton Paynell cum Thurleby 1376 Pat
- Carlton Thurlby 1526 Sub
Etymology
Thurleby is possibly a transferred name, cf. Thurlby (Ness Wapentake Kest), Thurlby in Bilsby (Calcewath Wapentake LSR) and Thurlby near Lincoln (Graffoe Wapentake Kest), all three of which are recorded in Domesday Book and are compounds of the Scand pers.n. þórólfr and bȳ (DLPN 127).