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.

the Thorny balkes

Field in the Parish of Rearsby

Historical Forms

  • the Thorny balkes 1648 Terrier

Etymology

the Thorny balkes 1648 (v. þornig, balca)

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement