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.

Thremhall Priory

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stansted Mountfitchet

Historical Forms

  • Tramhale 1194 BM
  • Tremhall 1200 ib
  • Tremhale 1278 Ct 1299 Pat 1302 Ipm 1303 FA 1306 Londin
  • Thremhale 1278 Ct 1297 For
  • Trimhall 13th BM 1291 Tax
  • Trenhalle 1285 Ass
  • Tremenhale 1295 Pat 1354 Pap
  • Thremenhale 1320 Pat 1321 FF 1372 IpmR
  • Thermhale 1302 Ipm 1318 Pat
  • Therynhale 1360 Ipm
  • ffremenhalle 1376 Takeley

Etymology

'Þrymma 's nook,' v. healh . This pers. name is otherwise unknown but corresponds to OE  þrymm (a ), 'strong or great man, warrior.'