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

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stainton

Historical Forms

Torentun, Tornetun 1086 DB

Etymology

v. þorn , tun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement