Thornton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Thornton
Historical Forms
- Ternitone 1086 DB
- Thorintona Hyii Ch 1267 WellsR c.1215 Ass 1247
- Turintone 1163 P
- Torentone 1166 P
- Thornton(e) 1208 Fees20 1284 FA 1338 Ipm 1348 Pat
- Torintune c.1215 WellsR
- Torenton 1237–40 Fees 1246 Ch
- Thorington 1242 Fees871
- Tornton 1279 Ipm
- Thorneton 1348 Pat 1495 Ipm
Etymology
'Thorn-bush farm,' v. þorn , tun and (for the DB form) þyrne .The varied medieval forms represent the valiant attempts of the clerks to deal with a word which always gave them special difficulty. See Thornborough supra .