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.

Threaplands

Early-attested site in the Parish of Crosby Ravensworth

Historical Forms

  • Threp(e)land(e)s 1540 DRH 1547 MinAcct 1553 RecAcct
  • Threaplands 1604 PR(Sh)
  • Threeplands 1753 PR

Etymology

Threaplands, Threp (e )land (e )s 1540DRH , 1547MinAcct , 1553RecAcct (a pasture) et freq to 1716 PR, Threaplands 1604 PR(Sh), Threeplands 1753 PR. 'Lands over which a dispute occurred', v. þreap , land . The farm is on the boundary with Newby.