Tholthorpe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Alne
Historical Forms
- þurulfestune 972 BCS1279 11th
- Turulfestorp 1086 DB
- Turoluestorp 1086 DB
- Turold' Torp 1176 P
- Toraldethorpe 1282 YI 1292,1293 For
- Thoraldethorp 1285 KI 1316 Vill 1328 Banco
- Thoralthorp' 1295 For
- Thoraldesthorp 1337 Ch
- Thoraldthropp' 1316 KF Eliz
- Thorlothorpp' 1301 LS
- Tholthorp 1505 Test
- Tholthropp 1614 NR
Etymology
'Thurulf's village' v. þorp . The name Thurulf is from ON þórólfr , ODan Thorulw . A similar change of -ulf to -ald is noticed in Inglethwaite 25infra , Barnoldswick (YWR), Bernulfeswic 1086 DB and in Gonalston (PN Nt 56), and is due to the weakening of the stress on -ulf . The OE form þurulfestune is of interest as it shows that the OE tun might be replaced by Scandinavian þorp .