Place Name
Thornton, which gives its name to the wider area of Thornton Heath, may mean a farm blighted by thorn trees or possibly thorn hill or even thorn valley. The first reference being in 1511 as Thorneton Hethe.
Thornton, which gives its name to the wider area of Thornton Heath, may mean a farm blighted by thorn trees or possibly thorn hill or even thorn valley. The first reference being in 1511 as Thorneton Hethe.