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Thornton le Moors

Major Settlement in the Parish of Thornton le Moors

Historical Forms

  • Torentune 1086 DB
  • Thorent' 13 Bun
  • Torinton' 1198–1216 1272 Tab
  • Thorinth', Thorint(h)ona c.1215 CoLegh
  • Thorinton 1260 Court
  • Thorynton 1279 AddCh
  • Thorneton e13 1260 Court 1620 Sheaf
  • Thorneton le Mores 1291 Orm2
  • Thorneton in le Moore 1299 ib
  • Thorneton in the Moors 1477 ChRR
  • Thorneton in the More 1553 Pat
  • Thorneton super More, Thorneton super le More, Thorneton Moor 1429 Plea 1474,1519 ChRR
  • Thorneton super moras, Thorneton super le moras 1477 Orm2 1598 ChRR
  • Thornton e13,1272(17),1284 Chest 1289 Court
  • Thornton on the Moor, Thornton More 1299 Plea 1391 Pat
  • Thornton super Moram 1302 Cl
  • Thornton super le More 1430 ChRR
  • Thornton (up)on the Mores, Thornton Moors 1439 Sheaf 1591 ChRR 1742 NotCestr
  • Thornton iuxta Moram 1347 ChFor
  • Thornton in the Moors 1730 Sheaf 1842 OS
  • Thornton le Moors 1831 Bry
  • Thurneton 1280 Ipm
  • Thorton 1309 Misc
  • Thortun 1314 Chol

Etymology

'Thorn-tree farm', from þorn and tūn , with in , on , le and mōr 1 .Thornton is beside the marshes of R. Gowy, cf. The Moors infra . It was a detached part of Dudestan hundred in DB.