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.

Thorny Abbey

Other OS name in the Parish of Blidworth

Historical Forms

  • Thorney Abbey c.1825 O.S.

Etymology

is Thorney Abbey c. 1825 O.S. , possibly a name transferred from the Cambridgeshire place .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement