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.

The Thorns

Other OS name in the Parish of West Kirby

Etymology

, cf . The Thornes 1639 Sheaf , Thorns 1847TA 393 , ' the thorn-trees ' , v. þorn .