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.

Thornlee

Other OS name in the Parish of Rochdale

Historical Forms

  • Thorneley 1662 ib

Etymology

, 1740 PRSad , Thorneley 1662 ib , v. þorn , lēah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement