Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Scinestorp 1086 DB

• Skintorp' c.1200 BWr 1243 Fees

• Skinthorp(e), Skynthorp(e) 1246 Ass33d 1285 KI 1369 FF 1402 FA 1623 FF

• Skinfeld 1378 Wentw

• Schintorp(e) 1279 YI

• Schynthorp' 1318 BWr

• Skynnethorp 1343 FF

• Skynythorp 1535 VE

Etymology

Skinthorpe (lost), Scinestorp 1086 DB, Skintorp 'c. 1200BWr 1, 1243 Fees, Skinthorp (e ), Skynthorp (e )1246Ass 33d, 1285 KI, 1369 FF, 1402 FAet freq to 1623 FF, Skinfeld 1378Wentw 68, Schintorp (e )1279 YI, Schynthorp '1318BWr 8, Skynnethorp 1343 FF, Skynythorp 1535 VE. On the site of this lost vill between Newton and Cusworth v. Hnt ii, 490. 'Skinn(i)'s outlying farmstead', v. þorp . The first el. is the ON  pers.n. Skinni (LindBN) or, if the DB form is to be trusted, Skinn , an hitherto unrecorded strong form of it; Skinni itself is a byname meaning 'skinner'; cf. Skinnerthorpe (Sheffield) 213infra .