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.

Thrintoft

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ainderby Steeple

Historical Forms

  • T(h)irnetoft(e) 1086 DB 1562 RichWills
  • Tirnetoste 1086 DB
  • Thirntoft 12 MaryY 1439 IpmR
  • Thorntoft 1304 Ch
  • Thrumtoft 1597 Pickhill

Etymology

'Thorn-bush messuage' v. þyrne , topt . Thrin - by a common local metathesis.

Places in the same Parish