Thurgarton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Thurgarton
Historical Forms
- Đurgartun 1044–7 (13 Sawyer 1055) KCD 785
- Turgaitune, Turgartuna, Turgartunet 1086 DB
- Thurgertona 1101–7 Holme
- Turgartune 1153–68 ib
- Turgarton 1170to1210 P 1203,1207 FF 1213 Cur 1213 RP
- Thurgertone c.1200 Holme
- Turgareton 1204 RC 1204 RP 1205 Abbr 1206 Cur
- Turgareston 1204,1205 Fine
- Turgarston 1210 P
- Thurgareton 1219 FF
- Thurgerton 1253 Ch 1273 FF 1275 RH 1286 Ass 1302,1346 FA 1336,1417 FF 1355,1394 Pat 1358 AD 1374 BM 1401–2 FA
- Thurgertone 1269 Ass 1323–4 NfD
- Thurkertone 1286 Ass
- Thurgarton 1316 FA 1471 FF 1535 VE
Etymology
'The tūn of Thurgar ', an AScand pers.n. from ODan , OSwed Thorger , OWScand Þorgeirr . The name is discussed by Insley 405 f. In England OScand -geirr was replaced by OE -gār . As a compound of an OScand pers.n. and OE tūn, Thurgarton belongs to the so-called Grimston hybrids (v. Insley in Hoops). One of the DB spellings ends with the ampersand. Schram writes Turgartunet .