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.

Owsthorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Eastrington

Historical Forms

  • Duuestorp 1086 DB
  • Hausthorp 1285 KI
  • Ousthorp(e) 1316 NomVill 1322 YD 1416 YD
  • Oxthorpe alias Owsethorpe 1568 YD
  • Owstrop 1605 FF

Etymology

'East village,' v . austr, þorp. DB Duues is probably an error.