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.

Thorney Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of East and West Wittering

Historical Forms

  • Torneia 945 BCS807 14th
  • Thorny 1340 NI

Etymology

Thorney Fm is Torneia 945 (14th) BCS 807, Thorny 1340 NI.'Thorn island,' cf. West Thorney supra 62.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement