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.

Turncole

Early-attested site in the Parish of Southminster

Historical Forms

  • Turnetul 1248 FF
  • Turn(e)cole 1262 FF
  • Turn(e)cole Marsh 1539 Harl
  • Turn(e)cole Mershe, Turn(e)cole close 1540 LP 1651 Harl
  • Turnicole
  • Turnicoole 1438 MinAcct
  • Torncale 1529-32 ECP
  • Thornecole t.Hy8 MinAcct

Etymology

See Addenda supra lxi.

Places in the same Parish