Southrop
Major Settlement in the Parish of Southrop
Historical Forms
- Suthþrop 12 Glouc
- Suththrop 1286 FF 1321 Ipm
- Sudthropa c.1140 BM
- Suthrop(e) 1211–13,1220 Fees 1221 Ass 1227,1232 FF 1236 Fees 1263–84 Glouc 1327 SR
- Sutrop 1248 Ass
- Suthorp(e) c.1215 Glouc 1317 Ch
- Sutheorp 1285 FA
- Southrop(e) 1290 Episc 1314 Ipm 1822 M
- Southorp(e) 1297 Ipm 1303 FA 1675 Ogilby
- Sowthethrop 1552 FF
- Sowtherop(p)e 1584 Comm 1592 FF
Etymology
'The southern dependent farmstead', v. sūð , þrop . It is the most southerly of the þrops in the district. Cf. Southrop (O 354) and Hatherop (36supra ).