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.

Thornham Point

Early-attested site in the Parish of Westbourne

Etymology

Thornham Point (6″). This is Thorneham in a rental of 1492 (L.F.S.) 'Homestead or enclosure by the thorn,' v. þorn , ham(m).