Wythop
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wythop
Historical Forms
- Wizope 1195 FF
- Wythorpe 1260 Scotland
- Withorp 1381 Pat
- Wythorp 1383 GDR
- Withorppe 1777 NB
- Wythope 1279 MinAcct
- in Braithwayt 1370 Cl
- Wythehop 1307 Pat
- Wythehope in Derwentefelles 1318 ib
- Whethope 1383 Pat
- Wethop 1505 Cocker
- Wedoppe 1537 CW(OS)xiv
- Wedupp(e) 1566 Lowther
- Widdopp 1575 PR(Crosth)
- Widdup al. Withop 1601 DKRxxxviii
- Widehope 1576 S
Etymology
'Withy valley,' cf. wīðig, hop . The name is correctly explained by Denton (37) as “salicum convallis.” The later forms suggest that the first element was taken to be wide . The -z - in the 1195 form indicates the Anglo-Norman pronunciation of OE -ð -.