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.

Drupe Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Colaton Raleigh

Historical Forms

  • Thorp 1388 IpmR
  • Droope 1679 Recov
  • atte Thrope 1330 SR

Etymology

This name is interesting as being the only example of OE  þorp which has been noted in Devon.

Places in the same Parish