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.

Westthorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bottesford

Historical Forms

  • Westorp' 1249,1305 Wyg
  • Westhorp' 1287,1450 1458 Rut 1482 Wyg
  • Westhorpp' 1486 Rut
  • Westthorp' 1516 Wyg
  • Westthorpe 1523 LeicW
  • Vestropp' 1488 Wyg

Etymology

'The western farmstead', v. west , vestr , þorp . Easthorpe has survived, v. infra .