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Survey of English Place-Names

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Whitley Thorpe

Other OS name in the Parish of Kellington

Historical Forms

  • Witlaithorp 1535 VE
  • Whitleythorp(p), Whitleythorpe, Whitlay 1540 FF 1571 Dep 1591 FF 1817 M

Etymology

, Witlaithorp 1535 VE, Whitleythorp (p ), Whitleythorpe ,Whitlay 1540 FF, 1571Dep , 1591 FFet freq to 1817 M . v. þorp ' an outlying farmstead ' .