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.

Thrupp Grounds

Early-attested site in the Parish of Norton

Historical Forms

  • Torp, Westorp 1086 DB
  • Torp 1288 ADiv
  • Thorp(e) 12th Survey 1221 Bracton 1255–8 Ipm 1330 FA
  • Thorp othe Hull near Daventre 1350 Cl
  • Thorp al. Thropp 1556 FF
  • Trop 1215 ClR 1291 Cl
  • Trop juxta Davintre 1235 Fees
  • Throp 1255–8 Ipm 1336 FA
  • Norton cum Throp 1316 FA

Etymology

v. þorp . The reference is here to a hamlet lying away from the main village. It is west of Norton. For grounds v. Newbold Grounds supra 17.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement