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Survey of English Place-Names

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thorsepytwong '

Field in the Parish of Bottesford

Historical Forms

  • thorsepytwong ' 1352 Rut

Etymology

thorsepytwong' 1352(' the in - field containing the giant's pit', v. þyrs, þurs, pytt, vangr; it is poss. here that the name has been influenced by that of the Norse god Þórr)