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.

Thirley Cotes

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hackness

Historical Forms

Tornelai, Tornelay, Torneslag 1086 DB 1204 ChR

Thornelay(e) 1109–14 YCh 1314 NRS

Thornelac 1199 Whitby

Thirley 1619 NRS

Etymology

'Thorntree clearing' v. porn , leah .

Places in the same Parish