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Aisthorpe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Aisthorpe

Historical Forms

  • Æstorp 1086 DB
  • Estorp 1086 DB 1200 Cur 1210 P
  • Esttorp c1115 LS
  • Estrop' 1203 Cur
  • Astorp c1115 LS Hy2 Gilb 1409 Dane lHy2 RAiv 1200 P 1209 Fees 1242–3 ValNor 1254 Pat 1345
  • Astorpa 1187 Gilb 1409
  • Astorpe 1272 RRGr
  • Astropp 1519 DVi 1542 Amcotts
  • Astrop 1526 Sub 1576 LER 1585 SC
  • Asthorp' (juxta Lincoln') 1278 RRGr c1278 HarlCl 1291 Tax 1311 Ipm 1316 FA 1327 Pat 1327 SR 1763 Terrier
  • Asthorpe 1348 Pat 1375 Peace 1392 Pat 1653 ParlSurv
  • Asthrop 1528 Ais
  • Astthorp 1303 FA
  • Asethorp 1375 Cl 1375 Ipm
  • Aystorp 1426 Pat
  • Aysthorp 1431 FA
  • Aysthorpe 1535 VEiv
  • Aisthorpe 1474 Foster 1554 InstBen 1615 Admin 1822 Terrier
  • Aisthorpe or East Thorpe 1828 Bry
  • Aistrope 1559 Ais
  • Aistropp 1609 Foster
  • Aistrop 1674 Ais 1690 WillsStow 1752 LAASiii
  • Aystrope 1580,1589 Ais 1590 SC
  • Aystroppe 1634 Terrier
  • Aystropp 1609 Ais
  • Easthorpe 1471 Amcotts 17
  • Est Thorpe 1544 Ais
  • East Thorp 1676 LNQxvi 1712 Terrier

Etymology

'The secondary settlement, the dependent, outlying farmstead or hamlet to the east (perhaps of Sturton by Stow)', v. ēast , þorp .