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.

Thurlowbooth

Early-attested site in the Parish of Crich

Historical Forms

  • Thurlokebotham Hy2 BelCh
  • Thurlokebothe Hy2 Darley
  • Turlokebode 1175 ib
  • Turlekesbode 1175 ib
  • Turlokesbothe 1248–61 ib

Etymology

Thurlowbooth (6″), Thurlokebotham Hy 2BelCh , Thurlokebothe Hy 2 Darley, Turlokebode 1175 ib, Turlekesbode 1175 ib, Turlokesbothe 1248–61 ib. 'Thurlak's booth', v. bōth . This is most likely an ODan name with the ODan  pers.n. Þurlakr as first el.