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.

Thrupp

Early-attested site in the Parish of Radley

Historical Forms

  • (uiculum nomine ad) Tropam a.1170 ClaudiusCix c.1200
  • la Trope c.1180 Abingdon 13th
  • la Thrope 1241 Ass
  • Thrope 1284 1316 FA
  • Trop 1327 SR
  • le Thropp, Throppe grene 1547 LRMB
  • Troupe, Thrupp, Throppe 1608 Dep
  • Thorpe 1761 Rocque
  • Thruppwich 1801 Census

Etymology

Thrupp, (uiculum nomine ad ) Tropam a. 1170 (c. 1200) ClaudiusCix , la Trope c. 1180 (13th) Abingdon, la Thrope 1241Ass (p), Thrope 1284ib , 1316 FA, Trop 1327SR , le Thropp , Throppe grene 1547LRMB , Troupe , Thrupp , Throppe 1608Dep , Thorpe 1761 Rocque, v. þrop 'hamlet'. Thruppwich 1801 Census probably refers to this place and Wick infra .