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.

Thundridge

Major Settlement in the Parish of Thundridge

Historical Forms

  • Tonrinch 1086 DB
  • Tozriche (sic) 1190–1204 France
  • Tunrich 1254 Val
  • Tunrigge 1255 Ass
  • Thonrugge 1287 ib
  • Thunrugge, Thunrunge 1293 Ipm
  • Thunrigg(e) 1303,1312 FF 1328 Ch
  • Thanrugge 1277 Ch
  • Thundrych(e) 1304 Ass 1351 Ipm 1423 FF
  • Thunrich 1397 IpmR 1682 Sess
  • Thondrych 1428 FA
  • Thundring 1316 Pat
  • Thunderige 1533 FF

Etymology

This is probably 'Thunor ridge,' as suggested by Skeat (43) with reference to the Anglo-Saxon god Thunor . v. Introd. xvi, n. 3. The forms with a second n are curious, but cf. Windridge supra 92.