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.

Bythorn

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bythorn

Historical Forms

  • Bierne 1086 DB c.1350 Rams
  • Bitherne, Bytherne 1127 Rams c.1350 FF 1248 BM 1253 ADi 1259 Ass 1260
  • Bytherne by Elyngton 1357 Ipm 1437 FF 1451 BM
  • Byern(e) 1252 BM 1286 Ass
  • Bithorne, Bythorn 1285 FA 1545 FF

Etymology

'By the thorn-bush' v. bi , þyrne .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site