THORN

(origin: Local) A town in England; a tree or bush armed with spines or sharp shoots. "Will at the Thorn."

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

THORN. TIIORNE. Parishes and places in cos. York, Somerset, and Northumberland. There are also many trivial localities so called, in many counties. In A-Sax. charters, tliorn-trees frequently occur as boundary-marks, which from the great longevity of the tree is quite natural ; and the word enters into the composition of numerous place-names. In medieval writings the surname Tlioru is latinized De Spineto, splnetum being equivalent to " a bushy place," or thicket of thorns and

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.