Thorpe Lidget
Major Settlement in the Parish of Howden
Historical Forms
- Đorp 959 YCh4 c.1200
- Torp 1086 DB
- Thorp(e) 1199 FF 1576 NCWills
- Thorp(e) in the More 1399 YI
- Thorp(e) juxta Houeden 1411 BM
- Thorp(e) Lidget 1828 Langd
Etymology
v. þorp , here 'an outlying hamlet' of Howden. A William de Lidgate is mentioned in 1297 LS in connexion with Thorpe.