Baconsthorpe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Baconsthorpe
Historical Forms
- Torp 1086 DB
- Bacunestorp 1203 Ass
- Bacunestorp 11th-12th HMC
- Bacunthorp 1242–3 Fees
- Thorp 1250 Ass
- Bacunesthorp 1250,1257 1272 Ch 1304 Pat 1309,1313,1336 FF 1311 HMC 1322 NfD
- Bacunstorpe 1269 Ass
- Bacumes Thorp 1270 Cl
- Bacunesthorpe 1272 Ch 1286 Ass 1318 Pat
- Bacuntorp, Bacunnestorp 1275 RH
- Bacunestorpe 1286 Ass
- Bacunsthorp 1458 Bodl
- Baconestorp 1269,1286 Ass
- Baconesthorpe 1286 1329 Pat
- Bakenesthorp 1286 Ass
- Baconesthorp c.1300 BM 1356 FF
- Baconsthorp 1307 Ipm
- Bakonesthorp 1316,1345 FA 1334,1366,1440 FF 1482 AD
- Bakennesthorp 1324 Ipm
- Bokenesthorp 1353 Bodl
- Baconthorp 1361,1370 AD
- Baconystorp 1459 ib
- Bakonsthorp 1535 VE
Etymology
At first this place was no doubt simply called Thorp , OScand þorp 'secondary settlement'. The addition Bacon is the surname of a Norman owner, explained as originally a metonymic nickname for a pork- butcher, from OFr , ME bacun 'ham, bacon'. Since it was early used of Norman knights, it has also been suggested to be the accusative form of OG Bacco (v. Reaney s.n.).