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.

Thurlestone

Major Settlement in the Parish of Thurlestone

Historical Forms

  • ðyrelan stan, fram ðyrelan stan 845 BCS451
  • Torlestan 1086 DB
  • Thorlestone 1279 Exon
  • Thurlestan(e) 1238 Ass 1242 Fees777
  • Thurelston 1362 Pat
  • Therlestan(e) 1238 Ass 1242 Fees766
  • Therleston 1243 FF
  • Threlleston 1421 Exon
  • Thrulston 1546 SR

Etymology

The place takes its name from a rock on the coast here, pierced by a natural hole. v. þyrel , stan .

Places in the same Parish