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Survey of English Place-Names

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Thornthwaite

Other OS name in the Parish of Brough

Historical Forms

  • Thornfoot 1738,1769 PR(B)

Etymology

, 1829 Dir , 1843TA , Thornfoot 1738, 1769 PR(B) , ' thorn-tree clearing ' , v. þorn , þveit ( the latter often being reduced to -fit and the like , cf. YW vii,92 § 49 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name