Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Torp 1086 DB c.1115 LS 1166,1168 P 1188,1212 Fees 1268 Ch

• Thorp(') 1232 Cur 1238–43,1242–3 Fees 1276 RH 1303 FA 1327,1332 SR 1732 Elw

• Thorp' iuxta Kettelby 1306 FF

• Thorpe iuxta Ketelby 1402 Inqaqd

• Thorp in Mora 1316 FA

• Thorp' in the More 1386 Peace

• Thorp “by” Bekeby 1331 Ipm

• Thorp iuxta Bekeby 1408 FF

• Thorp in Beghby 1448 Pat

• Thorpp Ketelby 1431 FA

• Thorpe als Kettleby Thorpe als Thorpe in the Moore 1661,1674 Elw

• Ketelby Thorp' iuxta Ketelby 1375 Works

• Kettlebie thorpe 1605 Terrier

• Kettleby Thorpe als Thorpe in the Moore 1655 Elw

• Kettleby Thorpe als Thorp als Thorpe in the Moore 1674,1704 ib

Etymology

'The outlying, dependent farmstead, belonging to Kettleby', v. þorp . It is noteworthy that this is the only major p.n. in LNR derived from þorp and recorded in DB.