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.

Thurtle Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Slingsby

Historical Forms

  • Thurkelwode 1301 YI

Etymology

'Thurkel's wood' v. wudu . Thurkel is a common ME name from ODan  Thurkil , etc. For interchange of t and k before l cf. Kirklington 220infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement