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.

Thurgory

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkheaton

Historical Forms

  • Thorgarlhaue (sic) l.13 WB7
  • Thurgrowe 1600 WB147
  • Thorgrow 1779 WB7 1847 TA
  • Thurgary 1720 WB32
  • Thurgory closes 1803 WB246

Etymology

Thurgory, Thorgarlhaue (sic)l. 13WB 7, Thurgrowe 1600WB 147, Thorgrow 1779WB 7, 1847TA , Thurgary 1720WB 32, Thurgory closes 1803WB 246. 'Thorgar's mound', v. haugr . The pers.n. Thorgar is an anglicised form of ON  Þorgeirr , ODan  Thorger , which occurs also in Thurgoland i, 314supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name