Godtorp
Early-attested site in the Parish of Knossington and Cold Overton
Historical Forms
- Godtorp 1086 DB
- Gillethorp' c.1130 LeicSurv
Etymology
Godtorp (lost), Godtorp 1086 DB, v. þorp ; with OE gōd or ON góðr, both meaning 'good'. The name of the vill is remodelled as Gillethorp 'c.1130 LeicSurv, v. þorp ; with the masc. pers.n. Gilli , presum. that of a new lord. Gilli, which appears to be a Scand formation, is a short form of Irish names in Gilli - and it may be that its bearer was of Celtic descent, cf. Gilroes, Lei 1221, v. Feilitzen 261 and SPNLY 100–1.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Bleak Ho
- Braunston Rd
- Bruces Lane
- The Carriageway
- Cheseldyne Spinney
- Fox and Hounds
- Greyhound
- Knossington Grange
- Knossington Lodge Fm
- Lady Wood, Lady Wood Fm
- Larchwood Rise
- Lockwood Cottage
- Manor Fm
- Manor Ho
- Old Oakham Rd, Oakham Rd
- Owston Rd
- Preston Lodge, Preston's Lodge
- Priory Fm
- The Rectory
- Rickleburrow Hill
- St Peter's Church
- Sconsborough Hill
- Somerby Rd
- Tampion's Coppice
- Whalebones
- The Willows
- Windmill Lodge
- Clint's Crest
- Cold Overton Grange
- Cold Overton Park Wood
- The Hall
- The Lake
- Manor Fm
- Northfield Fm
- the Rectory
- St John's Church
- Somerby Rd
- Stone Ho