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.

Wilthorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Silkstone

Historical Forms

  • Wilthorp 1202 FF
  • Wildethorp 1495 FF
  • Wildthorpe 1623 TN(F)
  • Wilthorps 1778 Fairb

Etymology

Wilthorpe, possibly identical with Wilthorp 1202 FF, Wildethorp 1495 FF, Wildthorpe 1623TN (F ), Wilthorps 1778 Fairb 198. 'Wild desolate outlying farmstead', v. wilde , þorp , cf. Wildthorpe 66supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site