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.

Thornton on the Hill

Major Settlement in the Parish of Coxwold

Historical Forms

Torenton 1167 P

Thorenton on the Hill 1275 YI

Etymology

v. þorn , tun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement