Thurning
Major Settlement in the Parish of Thurning
Historical Forms
- Torninge 1086 DB
- Thornyng 1348 Ipm 1542 FF
- Thirninge c.1150 Thorney 14th ChronRams 12th FA 13th 1428
- Thurning' 1175 P
- Turnīg 1207 FineR
- Turninges 1207 Cur
- Turming 1220 Fees
- Thurnīge 1227 Ass
- Thurning 1303 FA
- Therninge 12th Survey 1330 QW
- Trerning 1262 Ipm
- Thurnyng al. Thyrnyng 1565 FF
Etymology
This is clearly a name of the collective type noted under Winning Foot Hill supra 218. It denotes a place overgrown with thorn-bushes. See further Ekwall, PN in -ing 15–16, who notes the same name in Thurning (Nf).
Places in the same Parish
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