Thrumpton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Thrumpton
Historical Forms
- Turmodestun 1086 DB
- Turmodistun 1235 Fees
- Turmodiston' 1210 Cur
- Thurmotestona c.1155 BorRec
- Thurmodeston(e) c.1189 1211,1227 FF
- Thurmodistun 1235 Fees
- Thurmedeston 1261 FF
- Thurmundeston' 1227 Fees
- Thurmunstun c.1240 Wollaton
- Thurmeston 1242 Fees 1259,1275,1303 FF 1277 Ipm 1280 Ass
- Thurmeston parva 1330 ib
- Thormeton 1262 FF
- Thurmeton 1297 Ipm 1302 FA
- Thurmeton super Trent 1326 FF
- Thurmeton Trentam 1393 Ass
- Thurmton 1316 Ipm
- Thurmanton 1276 RH
- Thurmenton(e) t.Ed1 Hastings 1285 FF
- Thurmunton 1330 Ass
- Thormanton 1280 ib
- Thrumpton 1409 FF
- Thrumton 1466 IpmR
- Thrompton 1513 FF
Etymology
The first element is the ON personal name Þórmóðr , ODan Thormoth , with later confusion with Scandinavian names in -mundr . Hence 'Þormoðr 's farm,' v. tun . Cf. Thormanby (PN NRY 26). At one stage it was tending to develop in the same way as Thurmaston (Lei) which is Turmodestone (DB).