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.

Thorn

Early-attested site in the Parish of Houghton Regis

Historical Forms

  • la Thorn 1225 FF 1316 ADi
  • Thornbury 1324 Pat 1427 IpmR

Etymology

Self-explanatory. The bury is manorial, v. burh .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement