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.

Painsthorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirby Underdale

Historical Forms

  • Torfe, Thorf 1086 DB
  • Painesthorp, Paynesthorp, Peynesthorp t.Wm1 Pat 1297 YCh350 1088–93 Dods 1203 FF 1254 SR 1333
  • Painestrop 1263 Baildon
  • Paynthorp 1316 NomVill
  • Paynstorpe 1575 FF

Etymology

v. þorp , here 'an outlying hamlet' (of Kirby Underdale), with the holder's name prefixed, as in Painsthorpe (WRY), Thorf 1086 DB, Penyesthorp 1353 Dugd. Pain is the Continental pers. name Pagan (us ); cf. Painswick, PN Gl 119.