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.

Thornhill

Major Settlement in the Parish of Thornhill

Historical Forms

  • Torni(l) 1086 DB
  • Tornhill' 1190,1193,1196 P 1195 YCh l.12 BM 1221 YChviii 1234 Ebor
  • Tornhull 1232–40 YDiv
  • Tornehil 12 YDi
  • Thornhill, Thornhyll 1196–1202 YChviii 13 1204–9 YDiv 1219 DodsN 1246 FF c.1250 YDiv 1273 YDii 1297 LS 1301 Ebor 1822 Langd
  • Þornhill 1274 Ebor 1300
  • Þornhull(e) 1238–54 ADi 1292 YDxiii,59 1316 Vill
  • Torenhil e.13 YDiv c.1220 BM
  • Thorenhil(l) 1210–25 YChviii Hy3 Arm
  • Thorhil 13 YDvi 1200–20 YCh1816
  • Thornehull 1281 Abbr
  • Thornehill 1402 FA
  • Thornehylle 1447 YDi
  • Thornehell 1559 FF
  • Thornyl(l) 1431 YDxiii,59 1564 FF
  • Thornell 1522 Testv 1534 FF 1550 WillY

Etymology

'Thorn-tree hill', v. þorn , hyll . The early Torn -, Toren - spellings are AN.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement