English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Thin Oaks

Other OS name in the Parish of Clapham

Historical Forms

  • Thinock 1609 PR
  • Thinokes 1630 YAS
  • Thineakes 1631 PR

Etymology

, 1632 PRIng , Thinock 1609PR, Thinokes 1630YAS , Thineakes 1631 PR , v. þynne ' thin, poor ' , āc ' oak-tree ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement