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.

Thornhead

Early-attested site in the Parish of Gargrave

Historical Forms

  • Thornhofet(h) 1155–90,1246,c.1320 Furn
  • Thornheved 1200–16 ib
  • Thoroufet 1246 ib
  • Thornho(u)set (sic) 1246 FF

Etymology

Thornhead (lost), Thornhofet (h )1155–90, 1246, c. 1320 Furn, Thornheved 1200–16 ib, Thoroufet 1246 ib, Thornho (u )set (sic)1246 FF.'Thorn headland', v. þorn , hǫfuð (-heved being from the cognate OE  hēafod).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site