Why Is It Called Unthank Road?

The Unthank estate
Bisecting the Triangle is Unthank Road, which took its name from the family who owned a large estate there in the nineteenth century. The thoroughfare gained its name when William Unthank's son, Clement William Unthank, rode his horse along a sandy lane in order to court his future wife at Intwood.

How did Unthank get its name?

English: habitational name for someone from places called Unthank in Cumbria and Northumberland, so named from Old English unthanc 'without consent', i.e. a squatter's holding.

What does unthanks mean?

n. 1. No thanks; ill will; misfortune. Unthank come on his head that bound him so.

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