Calthorpe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Calthorpe
Historical Forms
- Caleðorp 1044–7 (13 Sawyer 1055) KCD 785
- Calatorp, Caletorp 1086 DB
- Calethorp c.1140 Holme 1250,1257 Ass 1254–75 Val 1313 FF
- Caletorp 1166 RBE 1197 P 1209,1250(p) Ass c.1250 HMC
- Calestorp 1191,1192 P
- Kaletorp 1214–5,1242–3 Fees 1246 FF
- Calletorp 1236 Fees
- Calethorp(e) 1257 Ass 1302 FA 1304–7 Ipm
- Calesthorpe 1257 Ass
- Calthorp(e) 1269,1286 1306 BM 1336 FF 1346,1401–2,1428 FA 1304–7,1324,1330–7 Ipm
- Kalethorp 1271 Ch
- Caldestorp 1373 Ipm
- Calthroppe 1535 VE
- Calthrapp 1544 NfA
- Calthropp 1547 Pat
Etymology
The first element of this name in þorp is the OScand pers.n. Kali (gen. Kala ), evidenced in OWScand, ODan and OSwed, best it seems in ODan , where it was confused with Kalli (for further details v. Lind, DGP and the survey in Insley 244).
Mr A. J. Davison informs me that, during archaeological field work in 1993, he recovered Middle Saxon Ipswich ware as well as Late Saxon pottery here. This suggests the presence of settlement before the arrival of the Vikings, and the village may have been renamed after the Danish incursion.