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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Droop (Fm)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Haselbury Bryan

Historical Forms

  • Thorpe 1580 SPDom
  • Throope, Thrup(p) Hills 1607 DROMap
  • Thrope 1774 Hutch1
  • Droop 1799 Hutch3
  • Droop Hills & Droop Orchd 1838 TA
  • Throop 1811 OS

Etymology

Droop (Fm) (ST 754083), Thorpe 1580SPDom , Throope , Thrup (p ) Hills 1607DROMap , Thrope 1774 Hutch1, Droop 1799 Hutch3, Droop Hills & Droop Orchd 1838TA , Throop 1811 OS, v. þrop 'outlying farm, secondary settlement'; it is ½ mile E of the village.