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Barkby Thorpe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Barkby Thorpe

Historical Forms

  • Thorp c.1130 LeicSurv 1200 Fine 1237 Cur 1347 MiD 1380 Win
  • Thorp iuxta Bark(e)by 1306,1313 Banco 1327 SR 1346 Deed
  • Torp(e) 1199 Cur 1220 1236 Fees
  • Thorpe 1287 Banco 1318 Pat 1338,1408 AD 1535 VE 1553 Pat
  • Thorpe iuxta Barkeby 1287 Banco c.1290 Dugd 1295 Ipm
  • Thorp' Berkeby 1473 MiD
  • Thorp(e) Bark(e)by 1481,1489 1494 Banco 1502 Ipm 1529 MinAccts
  • Barkeby Thorpe 1536 Dugd
  • Barkby(e) Thorpe 1604 SR 1610 Speed

Etymology

'The outlying farmstead', v. þorp . This was in origin a secondary settlement dependent on Barkby.

Places in the same Parish