Burythorpe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Burythorpe
Historical Forms
- Berguetorp 1086 DB
- Bergetorp 1086 DB 1198 Cur 1219 Ass
- Bergetrop 1191–1201 Dods
- Bergethorpe 1318 Kirkham
- Bergert(h)orp 1180–90 YCh623 1268 FF
- Berkerthorp 1199 YCh624
- Berglestorp (sic) 1205 Nostell
- Berewethorp 1239 Ebor
- Beregethorp 1240 FF
- Berwerthorp 1252 FF
- Bergthorp 1289 Ebor 1351 Ipm
- Berghthorp(e) 1303 KF 1360 FF
- Berghethorp(e) 1333 FF
- Berthorpe 1298 Ebor
- Berethorp 1409 YI
- Burithorp(e), Bury(e)thorp(e) 1519 Test 1650 ParlSurv
- Berrythorpe 1554,1600 FF
Etymology
Burythorpe is in hilly country and the name might well mean 'hill village,' v. berg , þorp . Against this, however, it should be noted that þorp is more often combined with a pers. name and the two or three spellings in er (Berger -, Berwer -) point to the common OScand woman's name Bjǫrg , gen. Bjargar . It is possible that the regular loss of inflexional r is an example of OEScand loss of r before other consonants (cf. IPN 61–2) rather than a Northern uninflected genitive, for in the latter case we should have expected no trace at all of an inflexional ending -er .