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.

Thornber

Other OS name in the Parish of Bentham

Historical Forms

  • Thornbergh 1847 TA

Etymology

, Thornbergh 1847TA , ' thorn hill ' , v. þorn , beorg .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement