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.

Thorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Greystoke

Historical Forms

  • del Thorp de kraistok 1279 Ass
  • the Thorpe 1559 PR
  • Throp(pe) 1605 ib
  • thorpp brigg 1589 LRMB

Etymology

Cf. Thropmore 1487 Ipm. v. mōr , þorp and Introduction.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement