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.

Thorn Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stanton St Bernard

Historical Forms

  • (on) þorn dune 903 BCS600 13th 960 13th ib
  • þorn dun 957 13th ib

Etymology

Thorn Hill is (on ) þorn dune 903 (13th) BCS 600, 960 (13th) ib. 1053, þorn dun 957 (13th) ib. 998.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement