Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Tvmodestone 1086 DB

• Turmodestona 1156 Ch 1318 France 1190×1204

• Turmodeston' 1175 ChancR 1176 P 1192 a.1250(1404),c.1250(1404) Laz

• Turmodesthon(a) c.1200 Sloane

• Tur(e)modestun 1199 Cur 1201 P

• Turmodiston' 1175 P c.1250 Laz 1404

• Tormodestuna 1107 Dugd

• Tormodestonæ s.a.1081 Ord c.1131

• Turmundeston' 1210 P

• Thurmondestone c.1250 Laz 1404

• Thurmondiston' c.1250 1404 ib

• Thormodeston' c.1130 LeicSurv

• Thurmodeston' c.1130 LeicSurv 1191 P 1215 RegAnt 1270 Cur c.1275 Laz 1404 Ch 1318,1340

• Thurmodestun 1215 RegAnt

• Thurmodiston' c.1250 LCDeeds p.1250 Laz 1404 RTemple 1284

• Thurmeston' 1203 RegAnt 1280 Misc 1283 MiD 1380 LCDeeds 1392 MiD 1394 ELiW

• Thurmistona c.1250 Laz 1404

• Thormeston 1289,1399 Pat

• Thormaston 1304,1420,1553 ib

• Thurmenstone 1314 GarCart

• Thurmanston 1340 Ch

• Thurmaston 1326 Ipm 1340 Ch 1346 LCDeeds 1464 Wyg 1486 Ipm

• Thrumaston 1537 MinAccts 1606,1721 LML

• Thromaston 1546 AAS 1554 Ex-Rel 1595 Rental 1612 MiscAccts 1679 LML

• Thromerson 1609 Merton

Etymology

'Þormóðr's village', v. tūn . The common ON  pers.n. Þormóðr is found also in Norway, Iceland, Sweden, Denmark and Normandy, v. SPNLY 311. In a few 13th and 14th cent, spellings for Thurmaston, the pers.n. of the specific has been attracted to the ON  pers.n. Þormundr .Note metathesis of the specific in some 16th, 17th and 18th cent, forms and the typical 17th cent. Leics. loss of t in the group -ston .

A large pagan Anglo-Saxon cremation cemetery has been discovered here, no doubt that of an important early settlement at this site.