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.

Thorncroft

Other OS name in the Parish of Haselbury Bryan

Historical Forms

  • Dowes Thorne Crofte 1607 ib
  • Gt Thorn Croft, Lt Thorn Croft & Middle Thorn Croft, Thorn Croft Coppice & Thorn Croft Drove 1838 TA

Etymology

, Dowes Thorne Crofte 1607ib , Gt Thorn Croft , Lt Thorn Croft & Middle Thorn Croft , Thorn Croft Coppice & Thorn Croft Drove 1838TA , v. þorn , croft , with the surname Dowe .