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.

Thistle Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkheaton

Historical Forms

  • the Townend, Lepton Towne end 1600 WB147–8

Etymology

, cf. Thistle Field 1847TA . Town End , the Townend , Lepton Towne end 1600WB 147–8 , cf. Mickletown 127supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name