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.

Thornwell Cottage

Other OS name in the Parish of Wilmington

Historical Forms

Thornewell 1401 Cl 1673 CplM

at Thorne 1287 CplM

atte Thorne 1327 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Thornewell 1401 Cl, 1673CplM . Near here may have livedMartin at Thorne (1287CplM ) and Alice atte Thorne (1327 SR) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Wilmington