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.

Stirkerthorn

Field in the Parish of Bottesford

Historical Forms

  • Stirkerthorn Hy3 Rut
  • Stirgarthorn Edw1 Rut

Etymology

Stirkerthorn Hy 3, Stirgarthorn Edw 1 bis (v. þorn; with the ODan   pers. n. Styrkar (ON   Styrkárr))