English Explanatory Dictionary

Thorington

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A small village and civil parish (served by Bramfield and Thorington parish council) in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4174).
  2. The spelling used for the former railway station at Thorrington, Essex.
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Thorington Thoringtons

Etymology

From Old English þorn (“thorn”) + -ing + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), the same etymology of Thorrington.

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