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.

Townhouse Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Slinfold

Historical Forms

  • Tounehouse 16th Bodl309
  • atte Tune 1296 SR
  • la Toune 1301 Bodl181
  • Tounlond, Tounyngeslond 1337 Bodl185–6
  • tenement' atte Toune 1353 SRS31,68

Etymology

Townhouse Fm is Tounehouse in 16th (Bodl 309) and is probably to be associated with the families of Jul' atte Tune (1296 SR) and Gilbert de la Toune (1301Bodl 181). The same site must be referred to in Tounlond , Tounyngeslond (1337Bodl 185–6), tenement ' atte Toune (1353 SRS 31, 68). v. tun infra 553.