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Survey of English Place-Names

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Thickthorn (Fm)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chichele

Historical Forms

  • Thyckethorne 1311 Ch
  • Thykethornes 1311 Inqaqd

Etymology

'Thick thorn-bushes.' There is a Thickthorn Wood close by and cf. Thickthorn in Stoke Goldington Terr. (1607).

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement