Thoresby Ho
Early-attested site in the Parish of Perlethorpe cum Budby
Historical Forms
- Turesbi 1086 DB
- Thuresby 1234 Cl 1303 Welbeck 1316 FA
- Thuresbie 1539 WoodsRept
- Thurisbie t.Ed1 For
- Thouresby 1276,1287,1317 For 1303 Cl 1322 FF 1332 SR t.Hy6 Newstead
- Thoresby 1287,t.Ed1(16th) For
- Thowrisby t.Ed1 For
- Thowarsbie 1592 ParReg
Etymology
'The by of Þur ,' a short form of a Scandinavian compound name in Þor , Þur (Feilitzen 300) or of Þurir , recorded in Old Danish and corresponding to the common West Scandinavian Þórir . Cf. Thoresby and Thoresthorpe (L).