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.

Thornton in Craven

Major Settlement in the Parish of Thornton in Craven

Historical Forms

  • Torentun(e) 1086 DB
  • Thorinton in Craven 1201 Cur
  • Torneton 1260 YI
  • Thorneton 1276 RH 1285 KI 1537 FF
  • Thorneton in Craven(e) 1260 YI 1280,1304 Ebor 1476 Pat
  • Thornton 1300 Ch 1309 Kirkst
  • Thornton in Craven 1341 FF 1373 ADi
  • Thornton in Crawyn 1421 YI

Etymology

'Thorntree farmstead', v. þorn , tūn . For the affix, v. Craven i supra .