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.

Thornthorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Burythorpe

Historical Forms

  • Torgrimestorp 1086 DB
  • Thorgrymsthorp 13th Kirkham
  • Thorgrimthorp 1175–95 YCh33 c.1180 Wollaton 1297 LS
  • Thorgrimethorp 1336 Ch
  • Turgrimtorp 1192–8 YCh636
  • Thurgrimthorp, Turgermesthorp 1336 Ch
  • Thurghgrymthorpe 1374 FF
  • Turgeringthorp 1285 KI
  • T(h)urgenthorp 1297 LS 1303 KF
  • Thorkenthorp 1333 SR
  • Thorn(e)thorp 1339 BevAct 1530 Test
  • Thorn(e)throppe 1587 FF

Etymology

'Thorgrim 's village,' from OWScand  Þorgrímr , ODan , OSwed  Thorgrim , and þorp. Thorganby infra 263 has undergone a similar reduction. Thornthorpe is now depopulated.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement