Donisthorpe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe
Historical Forms
- Durandestorp 1086 DB 1243 Fees
- Durandesthorpe 1330 Ass
- Durandesthorpe als Duransthorpe 1569 DbAxxvii
- Durantestorp c.1125 LeiSur
- Durantesthorpe 1296 Ipm 1398 Pat
- Dorandessorp (sic) 1265 Misc
- Donasthorp 1358 Pat
- Donesthroppe Eliz ChancP
Etymology
'Durand's outlying farmstead', v. þorp . The first element is a Continental Germanic pers.n. v. Forssner 62.