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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.

Little Thorpe

Other OS name in the Parish of Dewsbury

Historical Forms

  • Litherop 1768,1775 PRHtsd
  • Little Thorp Hill 1847 TA

Etymology

, Litherop 1768, 1775 PRHtsd, Little Thorp Hill 1847TA , ' little farm ' , v. lȳt(el) , þorp .