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.

Danthorpe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Humbleton

Historical Forms

  • Danetorp 1086 DB 1190–1194 P
  • Danethorp(e) 1280 Ebor 1298 YI
  • Daunthorp 1246 Ass
  • Danthorp(e) c.1265 KF 1285 KI 1828 Langd
  • Danthorp(e) in Holdernesse 1348 Ch
  • Danthropp 1575 FF

Etymology

'Village of the Danes,' from OScand  Dana -þorp . v. Introduction.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name