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.

Thornthwaite

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hampsthwaite

Historical Forms

  • Tornthueit 1230 Ebor
  • Thorn(e)thwait(e), Thorn(e)thwayt 1301 YI 1379 PT 1651 ParlSurv
  • Thornewhett 1657 PRHmp

Etymology

'Thorn clearing', v. þorn , þveit , cf. Thornthwaite Cu 135, etc., We.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site