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.

Tyrrelcote (Fm)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thornton

Historical Forms

  • Terricot c.1825 O

Etymology

The name is explained by the statement in Lipscomb (iii. 119) that Humphrey Tyrrell became lord of Thornton (c. 1500).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement