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.

Thornes

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wakefield

Historical Forms

  • Spinetum, in Spineto 13 ADiv,v 1274–1298 WCR 1348 ADiv
  • Thornes 1316 Pat 1323 WCR 1449 Pat 1452 Brett 1709 WMB
  • Thurnes 1558 TestLds
  • Thorns 1665 Visit

Etymology

Thornes, Spinetum , in Spineto 13 AD iv, v, 1274–1298 WCR (freq ), 1348 AD iv, Thornes 1316 Pat, 1323 WCR, 1449 Pat, 1452 Brettet passim to 1709 WMB, Thurnes 1558 TestLds, Thorns 1665 Visit.'The thorn-trees', v. þorn (Lat  spinetum 'thorn thicket, spinney').

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site