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.

Thurnets Copse

Early-attested site in the Parish of Witley

Historical Forms

  • Thurnett 1548 LRMB
  • Thurnett more t.Ed6 Rental

Etymology

Thurnets Copse (6″) is Thurnett 1548LRMB , Thurnett more t. Ed 6Rental . This must be a derivative of OE  þyrne , 'thornbush,' of the type noted infra 358–9, hence 'clump of thornbushes.'