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.

The Thorns

Other OS name in the Parish of Rochdale

Historical Forms

  • Thorns 1726 PRSad

Etymology

, Thorns 1726 PRSad , v. þorn .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement