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Survey of English Place-Names

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Carlthorpe

Other OS name in the Parish of Weelsby

Historical Forms

  • Karletorp 1182 P
  • Charletorp 1183 P
  • Carletorp 1184,1185 P

Etymology

( lost ) , Karletorp 1182 P, Charletorp 1183 P, Carletorp 1184, 1185 P , ' Karli's outlying, dependentsettlement ' , v. þorp ; alternatively it could be ' the outlying,dependent settlement of the free men, peasants ' , v. karl , þorp , since both would give rise to the same forms . There is no indication of its situation , but it is linked with Weelsby in P .