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

Early-attested site in the Parish of Staveley

Historical Forms

  • Wdesthorp Hy2 Portland
  • Wodesthorp 1264 Ipm
  • Wod(e)thorp(e) 1268 1296 Ch 1349 Ipm 1496 AddCh
  • Staueley Woddethorp 1299 Portland
  • Staueley Wod(e)thorp 1304 Halliii
  • Staley Wodthorpe 1387 Pat
  • Staueley Woddethorp 1431 Ct

Etymology

Woodthorpe, Wdesthorp Hy 2Portland , Wodesthorp 1264 Ipm, Wod (e )thorp (e )1268 ib, 1296 Ch, 1349 Ipmet passim to 1496AddCh , Staueley Woddethorp 1299Portland , Staueley Wod (e )thorp 1304 Hall iii (fac), 1386Cor , 1395WollCh , Staley Wodthorpe 1387 Pat, Staueley Woddethorp 1431Ct . 'Outlying farmstead in the wood (belonging to Staveley)', v. wudu , þorp , and cf. Woodthorpe infra 337.