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.

Thorncote

Early-attested site in the Parish of Northill

Historical Forms

Thornecote 1206 FF

Thurnecot

Thurnekote 1300 ADiii

Thorncut 1780 Jury

Etymology

'Cote(s) by the thorn-bush' v. þorn , cot .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Northill