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.

Thundersley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Thundersley

Historical Forms

  • Thunresleam 1086 DB
  • Tunresle(gh) 1203 Cur 1233 FF
  • Tundresleg' 1257 ib
  • Tunderle 1203 Cur 1253,1264 FF
  • Tundrelee 1257 ADiv
  • Tundreleye 1258 FF
  • Thunderley 1260 FF
  • Tonderle 1295 WDB
  • Thundirle 1346 FA
  • Thur(e)sle(i) 1226 ClR 1254 Ass
  • Tur(e)sl(eg') 1242 Merton 1248,1254 Ass
  • Thorleg' 1242 Merton
  • Thundreslee 1257 ADiv
  • Thundreslegh, Thundresley 1327,1392 Merton 1397 Cl
  • Thundeslee 1257 ADiv
  • Thondresle 1286 FF

Etymology

'Clearing dedicated to Đunor ,' v. leah . Identical with Thunderley infra 546. Cf. also Thunderlow infra 418, Thursley (PN Sr 211), þunres lea in Droxford (Ha) BCS 393 and ðunres felda in Hardenhuish (W) BCS 469. v. further Introd. xxi.

Places in the same Parish