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.

Easthorpe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Easthorpe

Historical Forms

  • Estorp 1086 DB 1204 1212 RBE 1228 Ch
  • Estrop 1204 Cur 1291 Tax
  • Est Thorpe 1218 FF
  • Esthorp(e) 1219 Fees 1227 ChR 1260 FF 1303 FA 1328 Londin
  • Estthrop 1285 FF

Etymology

'East village,' v. þorp . East perhaps because east of the Blackwater.

Places in the same Parish

None