Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Tornindunam, Torinduna 1086 DB

• Torindune 1185 RotDom

• Torindone 1199,1212 RBE

• Torendon 1236 FF

• Thorendon 1185 P 1224 Pat

• Thorindun' 1185 RotDom

• Thorundun 1251 Ch

• Esthorendun' 1240 FF

• Esthorendon 1285 QW

• Westorenden, Estorenden, Westorin(n)don 1274 RH

• Estthorn(e)don' 1228 FF 13th WalthamA

• Westthorndon 1317 Inqaqd

• Westhorndon 1238 SR

• Esthorn(e)don 1272 FF 1285 Ch 13th WalthamA 1335–7 Londin

• Thorn(e)don, Thorn(e)don Abb'is 1254 Ass

• Thorn(e)don Parva 1255 1281 Ipm 1291 Pat

• Thorn(e)don Magna, Thorn(e)don Graunt 13th WalthamA

• Thorn(e)dune 1345,1373 Pat

• Thornyndon 1303,1428 FA

• Estordon, Westordon 13th WalthamA

• Westthordon 1368 Londin

• Esthordon 1510 EAS(OS)iii

• East Hordon 1800 EssPRiii

• Est Thorndon 1311 ADi

• West Thorn(e)don 1402 Pat 1414 Ch

• Hornedon West 1326 Inqaqd

• Est Horndon, West Horndon 1358,1360 Ipm

• West(t)horundon, Westhordon, Westthornton, Westthondon alias Westhorndon 1430 Pat

• Esthornton 1510 LP

• Este Hornedon…churcheyarde pale of Thornedon 1514 EssPRiii

• East Hornedon or Thornedon Magna Parish 1593 Lancs

Etymology

'Thorn-hill,' v. þorn , dun . The modern pronunciation is due to AN t for th ; Est-thorndon became Est-torndon and then Est-orndon , the inorganic h being due to the influence of the neighbouring Horndon-on-the-Hill. The normal form survives in Thorndon Hall and Park in West Horndon. West Horndon was formerly called Little , while East was called Great and Abbatis because the manor belonged to the Abbot of Waltham.For the early forms cf. Thornton (PN Bk 64).