Thornhill
Major Settlement in the Parish of Thornhill
Historical Forms
- Thorn(e)ull, Thorn(e)hull(e) 1200 FineR 1230 P Hy3,1285 For 1428 WollCh
- Tornhull' 1200,1205(p),1209(p),1210(p) P 1230 ChancR
- Thornhill, Thornhyll Hy3 DbCh 1285 For
- Tornhill' 1202 P
- Thornel(l) 1443,1502,1549 Alf
- Thornel(l) alias Thorneley 1550 FF 1577 Saxton late18th
Etymology
'Thorn-bush hill', v. þorn , hyll .