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.

Snapethorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wakefield

Historical Forms

  • Sneip(e)torp 1156,1173 YCh186,197
  • Snaipethorp(e), Snaypethorp(e) 1155–70 YCh 1297etfreqto1324 WCR 1572 WCR2
  • Snaipthorp, Snaypthorp 1315,1323,1329 WCR 1362 DodsN 1374,1376 FF 1391 YDvi 1392 MinAcct 1512 Nost72d
  • Snapethorp(e) 1434 Pat 1578 Testiii 1492 MinAcct 1709 WMB
  • Snapthorp 1550 Testvi

Etymology

'Sneypi's outlying farmstead', v. þorp , doubtless one belonging to Wakefield. The first el. is the ON  byname Sneypir (LindBN), which denotes 'one who pinches' (from ON  sneypa 'to disgrace'). On the later spellings Snape - cf. Phonol. § 11.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site