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Maythorn

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • (le) Mathorne 1564 WillY 1647 YDr 1699 WCR1 1709 WMB

Etymology

, 1709 WMB , (le ) Mathorne 1564 WillY, 1647 YDr, 1699WCR 1, 1709 WMB , possibly e.ModE  maythern , dial . mathern ' stinking camomile ' ( from 1578 NED s.v . ) , a derivative of OE magoðe ; may-thorn ' hawthorn ' ( not recorded before 1844 (NED) ) , is , however , more likely .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site