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.

Thornleigh

Other OS name in the Parish of Huddersfield

Historical Forms

  • Thornyley 1284 YDi

Etymology

, Thornyley 1284 YD i , v. þornig ' growing with thorns ' , lēah .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site