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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cutthorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brampton

Historical Forms

  • Cutthorp(e) 1417,1477,1478 HardCh 1493,1544 Portland

Etymology

Cutthorpe, Cutthorp (e )1417, 1477, 1478HardCh , 1493, 1544Portland . 'Cut(t)'s outlying farm', v. þorp , a late example of a name in -thorpe . The Cutt family are evidenced in this area from the 14th century, cf. Roger Cutte 1361HardCh , William Cutte 1429 ib.Cf. also Cutholme infra 234, in Chesterfield, which must have been named from the same family.