Thickett Family History

Sometimes perhaps from Thicket in Thorganby (ER Yorks), which is recorded as Thicked in 1180–1203 and Thikeheved in the 13th century. The place-name derives from Old English þicce ‘thicket’ + hēafod ‘head headland round which a river flows’. Alternatively, Redmonds Dictionary of Yorks Surnames suggests that the WR Yorks name derives from an unidentified locality in Methley named with the plural of Middle English *thikket(te) (Old English þiccet(t)) ‘thicket’.

It cites Adam de Thiketts of Methley (1340), William Thekaytes or Thekayt of York (1499), and Thomas Theket of Methley (1597).