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
Other OS name
Early-attested site
Major Settlement
Field
- Brownes wonge
- Bull leyes
- Caleberge
- campis de Thorp
- nether Cawkells
- the Colledge land
- ( the ) Combes
- Crook ( e ) sick ( e ) hadland
- Dewell furlong
- a close called Farme Yard
- the Great ( e ) Close
- atte Grene
- Hall Dales
- Horse Leyes
- Lampert greene
- Leic ' way
- the Longe Close
- le Longedoles
- the Middle Close
- the Middle feild ( e )
- the Middle furlonge
- the neather close
- Nyne Ridges
- the orchard garden
- the Pingle
- ( the ) Poole Sicke
- over Posterne Hill
- Power place
- Sandhill pitt ( e ) s
- Soure Butts
- Stocweldole
- Stonhill sicke
- Thorp croft
- Thorpe meadow
- ( the ) Three Acre ( s ) Close
- Tincroft alias Thurmaston close
- Waynes bridge
- over Westerling ( e ) s
- the Whyne plowlands al ( ia ) s Hall Dales
- the Wonge Closes
- le Wynnidole