Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• on þorntune c.1030 YCh7

• Torentune, Torentone 1086 DB

• Torntunam 1132 Font

• Thornatunam 1135–40 YCh65

• Tornetunam, Torneton(a) 1135–40 YCh66 1203 FF 1217 RegAlbi,74

• Thorn(e)ton 1220–46 RegAlbi,73d 1247 Ebor 1457 FountBurs

• Thorn(e)ton episcopi 1198 Fount

• Bishop Thorn(e)ton 1362,1598 FF

• Bisshop(e) Thorn(e)ton, Bysshop(e) Thorn(e)ton 1368 FF

• Bus(c)hop Thorn(e)ton 1558 YDvi 1598 FF

Etymology

'Farmstead by the thorn-tree', v. þorn , tūn . It was in the Archbishop of York's manor of Ripon (YCh 7, DB, etc.), v. biscop .