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.

Thornhill Edge

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornhill

Historical Forms

  • th(e) edge 1612,1718 PRThl

Etymology

, 1613 PRThl , 1771 M , th (e ) edge 1612, 1718PRThl , v. ecg , here denoting the long escarpment south of Thornhill overlooking Howroyd Beck . Town , cf. Townend Close 1846TA .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement