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.

Neithrop

Early-attested site in the Parish of Banbury

Historical Forms

  • Ethrop 1224 FF 1285 Ass
  • Nethrop 1278–9 RH 1435 AD
  • Nethropp 1316 FA
  • Nethorp 1385 Cl
  • Netrup 1675 Ogilby
  • Hethethrop 1285 Ass
  • Northrop(e) 1285 Ass
  • Neithrup early18th ParColl

Etymology

v. þrop : the first element is uncertain. The 1285Ass forms for this county are mostly to be ignored, but the form from 1224 FF also suggests hǣþ . The rest of the forms suggest 'nether.'