Etymology

Throckmorton

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9849). Full definition →

Old English þroc
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromþroc“beam bridge”
  2. English todayThrockmorton

Possibly from Old English þroc (“beam bridge”) + mere (“pool”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.