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.

Thorns

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • the thornes 1657 PR

Etymology

, the thornes 1657 PR , v. þorn .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement