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Survey of English Place-Names

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Waterthorpe Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Beighton

Historical Forms

  • Waltert(h)orp(e) 1276 DKR 1306 Ipm 1318 Misc 1322 Ipm 1328 CampbCh 1330 Ass 1356 Ipm
  • Waterthorpe 1571 DbAxxvii

Etymology

Waterthorpe Fm, Waltert (h )orp (e )1276 DKR, 1306 Ipm, 1318 Misc, 1322 Ipm, 1328CampbCh , 1330Ass , 1356 Ipm, Waterthorpe 1571 DbA xxvii. 'Walter's outlying farmstead', v. þorp , a p.n. of post-Conquest origin; Walter is ultimately OGer Walter (Forssner 243–4).