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.

Thornset

Early-attested site in the Parish of New Mills

Historical Forms

  • Tornesete 1086 DB
  • Thorn(e)sete Hy3,1285 For 1306 Ass 1330 Ass 1343 Cor
  • Thorn(e)shete 1285 For
  • Thornysete, Thornisete 1285 For
  • Thorn(e)sett Ed4 DuLa 1548 DbCh 1560 Woll
  • Tharset Hall 1577 Saxton 1610 Speed 1758 Bowen
  • Thorsett Hamlet 1695 Map

Etymology

'Thorn-tree pasture or fold', from þorn and either sǽtr or (ge)set. It is impossible to be certain of the second element; cf. Ollersett supra 152.