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.

Thirn

Major Settlement in the Parish of Thornton Watlass

Historical Forms

Thirn(e) 1086 DB 1184 RichReg 1328 Ch 1551 FF

Thirun 12 MaryH37d

Thryn 1406 YI

Therne 1576 FF

Etymology

v. þyrne . For Thryn cf. Thrintoft 276infra .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement