Saxthorpe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Saxthorpe
Historical Forms
- Saxthorp, Saxiorp, Sastorp 1086 DB
- Saxtorpe 1146–8 HarlCh
- Sakesthorp 1244 Fees
- Saxthorp 1248 Ch 1254–75 Val 1280to1377 Ipm 1302to1428 FA 1303,1331 FF 1323 Deeds 1377,1380 Fine
- Saxthorpe 1257,1269 Ass 1384 Pat
- Saxtorp 1270 Ipm 1275 RH
- Sexthorp 1286 Ass 1319 Deeds
- Saxethorp 1295 NoD
Etymology
Saxi is a well-known Scand pers.n., OWScand , ODan Saxi , OSwed Saxe (Insley 324), which Ekwall takes to be the first element, the second el. obviously being OScand þorp. Insley objects that some of the earliest spellings suggest that Saxthorpe rather contains a strongly inflected form *Saks .