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.

Dunthorp

Early-attested site in the Parish of Heythrop

Historical Forms

  • Dvnetorp 1086 DB
  • Dunitrop 1175 P
  • Dunetrope 1182 P
  • Dunestorp 1193 P
  • Dunestrop 1208 P
  • Dunsrop' 1238 Cl
  • Duntrop 1194 P
  • Dunrop' 1238 Cl
  • Donþrop c.1225 Os
  • Donthorp 1285 Ass
  • Dundrop 1247(p),1249 FF
  • Dundrup early18th ParColl
  • Dounthorp 1334 Ch

Etymology

'Village on the hill,' v . dūn, þrop, or 'Dunna 's village.'

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement