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.

Cank Thorn

Other OS name in the Parish of Cannock

Etymology

( obs ) , 1821Map , an ancient boundary point , of Cannock ( cf. Cank forms there ) , no doubt marked by a thorn - bush .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name