Thurne
Major Settlement in the Parish of Ashby with Oby and Thurne
Historical Forms
- Đirne 1044–7 (13 Sawyer 1055) KCD 785
- Thura, T'na 1086 DB
- Tyrne 1101–7 Holme
- Tirun 1196 Cur
- Thirne 1198to1373 FF c.1200 Holme 1202,1316,1346 FA 1209(p),1286 Ass 1275 RH 1327,1353(p) Pat
- Turne 1199(p),1200(p) P
- Tirne 1209 P 1254 NfA 1275 RH
- Trene 1254–75 Val
- Thyrne 1259 FF 1327,1328 Banco 1535 VE
- Tyrne 1260 FineR
- Thurne 1286 Ass
- Thern 1316 Pat
- Thyrn 1401–2 FA 1498 Pat
- Thirn 1477 Past
- Flegthirne 1327 Pat
Etymology
OE þyrne 'thorn-bush' or ON þyrnir, with the same meaning.Substitution of T - for Th - is common in AN spellings (Zachrisson 39 ff., IPN 108). The parish church is dedicated to St Edmund, “the doorway to the nave indicating an early 14th-century date” (Pevsner 331). v. also Thurne Mouth infra .