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.

Thornton Riseborough

Major Settlement in the Parish of Sinnington

Historical Forms

  • Tornitun, Tornentun 1086 DB
  • Torinton' 1167 P
  • Torneton sub Riseberg c.1200 For
  • Torenton voc. Riseberge 1310 Ch
  • Thornton under Isbergh 1406 YI

Etymology

v. þorn , tun and Riseborough infra . It is interesting to compare the form under Isbergh with the later forms of Roseberry and Newton under Roseberry 163–4infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site