Oakthorpe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe
Historical Forms
- Achetorp 1086 DB
- Actorp c.1125 LeiSur
- Okethorp(e), Okethorpp(e) 1269 Ass 1275 DKR Ed1,Ed2 Hast
- Hokethorp(e) 1397 Pat 1424 Moulton 1555 Derby 1577 Saxton
- Octhorp(e), Okthorp(e) 1258,1296 Ipm 1340 Orig 1346 Cor 1396 Pat 1413 DbCh
Etymology
Perhaps 'Áki's outlying farm', v. þorp , with both long and shortened forms of the first element in ME.