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.

Thornery

Other OS name in the Parish of Clovelly

Historical Forms

  • Thornwurthi 1330 SR

Etymology

is Thornwurthi 1330SR (p) . v. Thornworthy supra 65 . The modern spelling represents the common local pronunciation of final -worthy .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement