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.

Throop

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tolpuddle

Historical Forms

  • Throop 1795 Boswell
  • vill' de Trop 1280 Ass
  • (la) Throp(e) 1285 FA 1288 Ass 1327 SR 1332 SR
  • La Thorp 1288 Ass
  • Throup 1405 AddRoll
  • West Throp(p)e 1545,1546 Hutch3
  • Thorpe als. Park Pale Eliz ChancP
  • Throope 1664 HTax

Etymology

Throop (lost), Throop 1795 Boswell, vill ' de Trop 1280Ass , (la ) Throp (e )1285 FA, 1288Ass , 1327SR , 1332 SR, La Thorp 1288Ass , Throup 1405AddRoll , West Throp (p )e 1545, 1546 Hutch3, Thorpe als. Park Pale Eliz ChancP, Throope 1664 HTax, v. þrop 'outlying farm, secondary settlement', 'west' to distinguish it from Throop in Affpuddle par. supra q. v. , cf. prec. and Park Fm infra .