Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Cheitorp 1086 DB

• Caitorp 1086 DB

• Caythorp(e) 1242 Fees a.1250 Nichols 1274 Ass 1540 MinAccts 1538×44 ECP

• Cathorp 1576 Saxton

• Kaytorp' 1200×50 Peake 1252 Cl l.13 CRCart 13 Peake

• Kaythorp(e) 1260 Cl 1262 Fine Hy3 Hazlerigg 1344(1449),1353(1449) WoCart

• Keytorp' 1260 Cl 1345 Pap

• Keythorp(e) Hy3 Hazlerigg 1304 Pat 1316 FA 1322 LCDeeds 1330 Hazlerigg

• Keuthorp' Hy3 Hazlerigg

Etymology

Perhaps 'Keyia's or Keia's outlying farmstead', v. þorp . The pers.n. Keyia (side-form Keia ) is Scand. Ekwall DEPN suggests OE  Cǣga as the compounded pers.n., but this appears to be too early as a specific for þorp . Fellows-Jensen prefers as the specific a postulated OE  cǣg 'a stone' (SSNEM 112). However, this does not reflect the location's drift geology and, as with the early OE  pers.n. Cǣga , would sit unhappily with the later Scand  þorp .

Keythorpe was a daughter settlement of Tugby.