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.

Thorncroft

Early-attested site in the Parish of Leatherhead

Historical Forms

  • Tornecrosta (sic), Tornecroste 1086 DB
  • Torn(e)croft c.1170 Deed 1225 Ass
  • Thorncrofte 1314,1349 Ipm

Etymology

Thorncroft is Tornecrosta (sic), Tornecroste 1086 DB, Torn (e )croft c. 1170Deed , 1225Ass , Thorncrofte 1314, 1349 Ipm. 'Thorn enclosure,' v. croft .