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 Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Holmesfield

Historical Forms

  • Vodethorp c.1280 DbAiii
  • Wod(e)thorp(p) 1316 WollCh 1342 DbCh 1375 Cor 1452 WollCh

Etymology

Woodthorpe Hall, Vodethorp c. 1280 DbA iii(p), Wod (e )thorp (p )1316WollCh , 1342 DbCh, 1375Cor , 1452WollCh . 'Outlying farm in a wood', v. wudu , þorp ; cf. Woodthorpe infra 337.