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.

Northops

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ault Hucknall

Historical Forms

  • Nerthorp (sic) 1257 FF
  • Northorp(e) 13th Welbeck 1346 Cor 1453,1489,1495 HardCh
  • Northopp alias Northorp 1582 FF
  • Northropp 1588 ib
  • Northorpe groundes 1617 Hard
  • Northops 1878 Terrier

Etymology

Northops (lost), Nerthorp (sic)1257 FF, Northorp (e )13thWelbeck , 1346Cor , 1453, 1489, 1495HardCh , Northopp alias Northorp 1582FF , Northropp 1588 ib, Northorpe groundes 1617Hard , Northops 1878Terrier , 'North outlying farm', v. norð , þorp . It survives as a field-name.