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.

Thorny Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • -bancke 1712 PR
  • Thorney-bank 1728 ib

Etymology

, -bancke 1712 PR, Thorney-bank 1728 ib , v. þornig , banke .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement