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.

Isle of Thorns

Other OS name in the Parish of Danehill

Historical Forms

  • lle of Thornesgill 1564 DuLa
  • Ile of Thornes 1658 ParlSurv

Etymology

is lle of Thornesgill 1564DuLa , Ile of Thornes 1658ParlSurv . For -gill v. Inholms Gill supra 203 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement