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.

Thorner

Major Settlement in the Parish of Thorner

Historical Forms

  • Torneure 1086 DB
  • Tornoure, Tornoura 1086 DB 12 1154–81 RegAlbi,70d 1160–75 YCh1583
  • Thornoure 1174 YChvi 1292 MinAcct 1294 Ch 1303 Aid
  • Thornofre c.1200 Kirkst
  • Thornouer 1219 Kirkst 1293 Ebor 1302 YI 1316 YDiii 1428 FA
  • Thornover(e) 1268 FF 1291 YI
  • Thorneover 1341 Surv 1609 WYD
  • Thornor(e) 1251 Ass 1285 KI 1303 KF 1594 FF
  • Thornour 1367 FF 1379 PT 1409 DiocV 1499 Ipm
  • Thorner 1441 DiocV 1524 YDiii 1641 Rates

Etymology

'Thorn bank', v. þorn , ofer 2 .