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.

Furnace Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornhill

Historical Forms

  • Bank-Furnice 1708 PRThl

Etymology

, Bank -Furnice 1708 PRThl , in Bank Wood supra , where there are old ironstone pits ; v. SmithyBrook 212infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement