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.

Thornber

Other OS name in the Parish of Long Preston

Historical Forms

  • Thornebar(e) 1558,1568 WillY
  • Thornber 1600 PRGis

Etymology

, Thornebar (e )1558, 1568 WillY, Thornber 1600 PRGis , ' thorn hill ' v. þorn , beorg .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site