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.

Cannock Thorn

Other OS name in the Parish of Rugeley

Historical Forms

  • Cank Thorn 1821 Map

Etymology

, Cank Thorn 1821Map , v. þorn and Cannock supra 58 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement