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.

Woodthorpe

Parish in the County of Derbyshire

Etymology

The greater part of the parish was added to Clay Cross and the remainder was transferred to Tupton and Wingerworth in 1935.

Major Settlements