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.

Thornthwaite Force

Other OS name in the Parish of Bampton

Historical Forms

  • Thwaite-force 1793 West

Etymology

, 1859OS , Thwaite-force 1793 West , described there as ' a finecataract ' , v. fors ' waterfall ' .