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Ancient Name for Thornborough area?

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Paulus P
Paulus Sep 17, 2004 20:06:56
Replying to Pigeon

< Can anyone help? I've been trying to find out if there was a name the Thorborough complex/area was known by in antiquity? >

I assume that y' mean a title other than its etymological derivative of 'a hawthorn tree on/by a hill or mound'? (Smith's "English Place-Name Elements I" 1956)

I'd be intrigued to know the olde title for the region miself.

P Pigeon
Pigeon Sep 17, 2004 23:06:32
Replying to Paulus

I like the explanation of the name, Paulus, thanks for that for starters.
Yes, I was thinking that, for instance, George who gave the talk the other night mentioned that there had also been Roman remins found at the site.
There always seems to be a Roman name for places of any importance, and I'm sure somewhere as important as Thornborough must have always been, would have had at least a Roman temple and probably some kind of camp?