Thicket
Early-attested site in the Parish of Thorganby
Historical Forms
- Thicked 1180–1203 YCh1132
- Thekeheued, Theckeued 13th Font
- Thechedd 1303 Ebor
- Thik(e)heved 1204 YCh 1264 Dugd 1402 Test
- Tikeheved, Tykeheved 1204 YCh 1231 FF
- Tykheved 1237 FF 1304 Abbr
- Tikhed 1363 Works
- Thick(e)heved, Thickeved, Thyckeved 1219 FF 1287 Ebor 1303 et freq
- Thycheheved 1282 Baildon
- Titcheved 1358 Works
- Thikhed(e) 1345 Test 1500 et freq
- Thickhed 1599 NCWills
- Thyckytt 1590 YD
- Thickett 1828 Langd
Etymology
Here as in Turn Head and Howden supra 257, 251, OE heafod means 'headland round which a river flows'; the old course of the Derwent makes a prominent headland. The first element is OE þicce 'thick, dense,' used in the sense 'thicket' in the Vespasian Psalter and probably also in Thicks, PN Ess 504.'Headland with a dense thicket' (or the like).