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.

Thornbury

Major Settlement in the Parish of Thornbury

Historical Forms

Torneberia 1086 DB

Tornebury 1193 Oliver

Thornebiria 1224 Bracton

Thornbir' 1242 Fees781

Etymology

v. þorn , burh .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site