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.

Lopthorne

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornbury

Historical Forms

  • Loppedethorn 1287 Ass
  • Loppidethorne 1333 SR
  • Loppethorn 1366 FF

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Loppedethorn 1287Ass , Loppidethorne 1333SR (p), Loppethorn 1366FF (p) . ' Lopped or pollarded thorntree , ' cf. Lapthorneinfra 281, 323 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement