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Survey of English Place-Names

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Skinnerthorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sheffield

Historical Forms

  • Schinartorp 1297 LS
  • Skinnerthorp(e), Skynnerthorp(e) 1366 Hlm 1451 FA 1502 SheffMan 1622 FF
  • Skinnathorp(e), Skynna thorp(e) 1555,1607 FF

Etymology

Skinnerthorpe (lost), Schinartorp 1297 LS (p), Skinnerthorp (e ), Skynnerthorp (e )1366 Hlm, 1451 FA, 1502 SheffManet freq to 1622 FF, Skinnathorp (e ), Skynna thorp (e )1555, 1607 FF. 'Skinner's outlying farmstead', from ON  skinnari 'a skinner' or the ON  byname Skinnari and þorp . The place was on the northern boundary of Sheffield or just in Ecclesfield, for it is described in 1502 (SheffMan i, 63) as 'in the reeveship of Sowtha ' (Southey Green in Ecclesfield 248infra ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement