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.

Northorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hornsea

Historical Forms

  • Nortorp 1198 Cur
  • Northorp(e), Northorpia early13th Meaux 1530 FF

Etymology

Northorpe (6″) is Nortorp 1198 Cur (p), Northorp (e ), Northorpia early 13thMeaux et passim to 1530 FF. 'North hamlet,' v. þorp .In Northorpe and Southorpe (infra )þorp is used of hamlets belonging to Hornsea.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement