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.

Thornage

Major Settlement in the Parish of Thornage

Historical Forms

  • Tornedis 1086 DB 1087–99,1198 NCReg
  • Tornedis 1166 P c.1200 StWill
  • Tornedich 1181 P
  • Thorndis 1239 Lib 1256 Cl
  • Thorendis 1252 Ch
  • Tornedisch 1254 NfA
  • Thornedisch Episcopi 1254–75 Val
  • Torndis 1269 Ass
  • Thorned' 1275 RH
  • Thornegg 1291 IpmR
  • Thornegge 1286 Ass 1354,1356 Pat 1384 Inq 1535 VE
  • Thornhegge 1286 Ass 1309,1317 FF 1384 Pat
  • Thornege c.1310 Bodl 1362 Pat
  • Thornegg' 1312 1321 BM
  • Thorneye 1316 FA 1502 Ipm
  • Thornedgh' 1326 Inq
  • Thornnegg 1330 SR
  • Thornegg 1333 ib
  • Thornage 1455 FF
  • Thorneage 1514 NoVis 1535 VE
  • Thornedge 1547 Pat
  • Thornadg 1600 Speed
  • Thornadge 1695 Morden

Etymology

A compound of OE  þorn 'thorn-bush' and edisc 'enclosed pasture, park', i.e. 'pasture where thorns grow'.