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Turnhurst

suburban area · City of Stoke-on-Trent

Old EnglishAI-generated

Turnhurst likely means 'the hill or wooded hill where one turns'. It combines the Old English word 'turn' or 'tīernan' (to turn) with 'hyrst' meaning a wooded hill or copse.

Word origins

Turn
Old Englishto turn(from tīernan "to turn")
hurst
Old Englishwooded hill, copse(from hyrst "wooded hill, copse")