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Survey of English Place-Names

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Thurlaston

Major Settlement in the Parish of Thurlaston

Historical Forms

  • Torlauestone 1086 DB
  • Thorlauistone 1199 FF
  • Torlawestone 1201 RBE
  • Thorlaweston 1283 Ch
  • Thurlaveston(e) t.Hy1 Kenilworth c.1155 Ch 1235 P 1184 Ass 1221 FF 1222 BM c.1228
  • Turlaueston 1175,1230 P 1198,1199 Fees 1206 Cur
  • Thurlawestun 1229 Pat
  • Thurlanston (sic) 1285 QW 1291 Tax
  • Thurlariciston 1232 Fees
  • Thorleston 1251 ib
  • Thorlaston 1316 FA 1386 ADiv
  • Thurlaston 1317 1360 Ipm 1447,1506 ADiv

Etymology

'Thorlaf 's farm,' v. tun . This pers. name is an anglicising of the Scand  pers. name Þúrleifr . v. Introd. xxii.

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