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.

High Thorns

Field in the Parish of Rearsby

Historical Forms

  • 1826 Surv 1709 Terrier 1709 Terrier 1731 Terrier 1745 Terrier
  • Schortthorn ' 1467×84 LTD

Etymology

High Thorns 1826 (the Thornes 1601, 1625 et passim to 1700, (the) High thornes 1703, 1712, (the) High Thorns 1709, 1709 (18), 1731, 1745) (1709, 1709 (18), 1731, 1745, Schortthorn' 1467 × 84, (the) Shorte thorne 1601, 1625, 1648, 1675, 1700, (the) Short thornes 1679, 1703, 1712, v. sc (e) ort) (v. þorn)