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.