Lighthorne
Major Settlement in the Parish of Lighthorne
Historical Forms
- Listecorne (sic) 1086 DB
- Litthethurne 1235 Fees
- Liththurn(e) 1242 Fees 1301 Ipm
- Lychtehurn(e) 1252,1262 Ch
- Lytehurn(e) 1265 Misc
- Lithehurn(e) 1278 FF 1340 NI
- Lichtehurn(e) 1316 FA
- Lighttehurn(e) 1327 SR
- Lightehurn(e) 1370 IpmR
- Lythurn(e) 1301 Ipm 1369 AD
- Lyghtetherne 1331 FF
- Listesvirn 1268 Ipm
- Lytt(e)thorne 1279 Nott 1291 Tax
- Liththorne 1361 ADv
- Lyghthorne 1398 Pat
- Lythern 1315 Cl 1322 Pat 1428 FA
- Litthirne 1325 Ipm
- Lighterne 1481 MinAcct 1521 LP
- Lighterne al. Lighthorne 1545 LP
Etymology
'The light or bright thorn-bush,' v. þyrne .