Thurnham
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English þorn (“thornbubsh”) + hām (“homestead”).[1]
Proper noun[edit]
Thurnham (countable and uncountable, plural Thurnhams)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A small village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8057).
- A civil parish (served by Thurnham with Glasson Parish Council) in City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England; settlements include Lower Thurnham and Upper Thurnham.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms[edit]
Statistics[edit]
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Thurnham is the 43863rd most common surname in England, belonging to 68 individuals.
References[edit]
- ^ "Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Thurnham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
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- en:Places in Kent, England
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- en:Places in Lancashire, England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English