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Survey of English Place-Names

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Thorns

Other OS name in the Parish of Horton in Ribblesdale

Historical Forms

  • Thornes 1570,1649 WillY

Etymology

, Thornes 1570, 1649 WillY , possibly identical with the spinetum in the bounds of Burton in 1401 Furn i, 200 , v. þorn .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement