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.

Castle Thorpe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Castle Thorpe

Historical Forms

  • Castelthorpe 1252 Gross 1401,1447 IpmR
  • Throp 1255 For
  • Castelthrope 1486 Pat
  • Thrupp 1616 Rec.xi.208

Etymology

'The village (OE þorp) by the castle' of Hanslope, the head of the barony of that name.

Places in the same Parish

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