English Place-name Society

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.

Littlethorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Southchurch

Historical Forms

  • Torpeiam 1086 DB
  • Thorp(e) Paulyn 1238 SR
  • Thorp(e) iuxta Southchurche 1361 Ct
  • North(t)orp 1221 FF 1259 Ass 1267,1350 Cl

Etymology

Littlethorpe is Torpeiam 1086 DB, Thorp (e ) Paulyn 1238SR , Thorp (e ) iuxta Southchurche 1361Ct , North (t )orp 1221 FF, 1259Ass , 1267, 1350 Cl. 'North village,' v. þorp . Paulyn from Paulinus de Tayden (1228 FF).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement