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.

Babthorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hemingbrough

Historical Forms

  • Babetorp 1086 DB
  • Babethorp 1285 KI
  • Babbethorp 1190–1225 YCh 1313,1314 Dunelm
  • Babthorp(e) 1285 KI 1828 Langd
  • Babthroppe 1621 FF

Etymology

Babthorpe is Babetorp 1086 DB, Babethorp 1285 KI, Babbethorp 1190–1225 YCh 997, 1313, 1314 Dunelm, Babthorp (e )1285 KIet freq to 1828 Langd, Babthroppe 1621 FF. 'Babe 's village,' v. þorp . The pers. name Babe , Babi is not known in OScand, but it is recorded later in Danish and occurs in the Danish place- name Barup (older Babæthorp ) and a lost Babberup (v. DaPN 89).