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Ancient Name for Thornborough area?

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wideford W
wideford Sep 20, 2004 13:11:15
Replying to BrigantesNation

Nosterfield sounds like a contraction of Paternosterfield from an ecclesiastical connection. Thorn being a giant my suggestion would be that Tanfield is really Grimstonfield. Purely guesses however.

S StoneLifter
StoneLifter Sep 20, 2004 13:21:50
Replying to wideford

I believed that 'Thorn' was derived from something similar to Thurse - devils, demons, (druids ?)

S Steve Gray
Steve Gray Sep 20, 2004 22:21:22
Replying to wideford

Isn't "Noster" Latin for "our", hence "pater noster" = "our father", so maybe Nosterfield is just "our field". On the other hand maybe it's related to "north" or "northern" as in "northerfield".