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.

Thorn

Early-attested site in the Parish of Offord Cluny and Offord Darcy

Historical Forms

Thorn' 1279 RH

Etymology

Evidently so called from some prominent thorn-bush.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Offord

Early-attested site

Cotton