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Survey of English Place-Names

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Eythrope (Pk)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Waddesdon

Historical Forms

  • Edropa Ricardi 1167 P
  • Eddropa 1167 Chancellor'sRoll
  • Etrop(e) 1220 Fees313 1247 Ass
  • Herope 1235 Fees461
  • Ethrop 1242 Fees883 1379 Cl
  • Ettrope 1247 Ass
  • Ethorp 1255 For 1284 FA 1459 IpmR 1806 Lysons
  • Eydrop 1262 Ass
  • Edrop(e) 1262 Ass 1316 FA 1325 Fine 1326 Orig
  • Estrop al. Ethorp 1300 Ipm
  • Etheroppe 1501 Ipm
  • Ethrop 1528 LP
  • Heythrope 1535 VE

Etymology

'Island-farm' v. eg , þorp , or perhaps better ēa -þorp , 'river- farm,' for Eythrope lies close by the Thame. There are hardly enough streams to justify the former sense.

Places in the same Parish