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Thurgoland

Major Settlement in the Parish of Silkstone

Historical Forms

  • Turgesland 1086 DB
  • Turgarland(am) 1090,c.1112,1122 Pont 1202 FF
  • Thurg'lond 1259 Ass
  • Thurkerland 1316 Vill
  • Thurgerland(e) 1321 YDii 1323 MinAcct 1334 BM 1348 ADi 1565 Edmunds
  • Thurgarlande 1402 FA 1420 Edmunds
  • Thurgurland 1528 FF
  • Thurgoland 1549 YDvi,70 1569,1623 FF
  • Thurguland 1577 WillY 1614,1619 Comm
  • Thorgoland 1578 WillY

Etymology

'Thurgar's expanse of land', v. land . The first el. is the ON  pers.n. Þorgeirr , ODan  Thurger , anglicised to Þurgar , and (with AN  influence) Turgar (cf. NP 156, Feilitzen 393).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site