Gunthorpe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Gunthorpe
Historical Forms
- Gunestorp, Gunetorp 1086 DB
- Gunestorp 1228 FF 1250 Ass 1256 FF 1263 Cl
- Gunetorp 1250 Ass
- Gunthorp 1250 ib
- Gunnethorp 1240 FF
- Gunethorp 1254 NfA 1269,1286 Ass
- Gunesthorp 1257 Ass 1262 Ipm
- Gunetorpe 1269 Ass
- Gunthorp 1269 1275 RH 1302,1346 FA 1309 Ch 1314 Ipm 1314,1315,1331 FF 1333 SR 1345,1350,1356 Pat
- Gunthorpe 1286 Ass 1316 FA 1535 VE
- Gonthorp 1288 NoLeet 1317 Ipm 1327 DeBanco 1411 AD
- Gounthorpe 1544 VE
Etymology
The ON, ODan pers.n. Gunni, OSwed Gunne, a short weakly inflected form of masc. names in Gunn -, and þorp . This is the traditional explanation (v. DEPN and Mills). Insley (159, 165 f.) also gives evidence for the existence of an OScand fem. name Gunna , but this hardly concerns us here.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- The Rookery
- Sheepyard Plantation
- Turf Common Plantation
- The Belts
- Bullfer Grove
- Bullfer Lane
- Clay Close
- Cock Close
- Gravel Pit Plantation
- Gunthorpe Hall
- Gunthorpe Park
- Hall Farm
- Hall Lane
- Heath Road
- Homefield Lane
- Long Belt
- Malthouse Farm
- Roydon Green Plantation
- Townland Plantation
- Round Clump
- Swan's Egg Plantation
- Rookery Farm
- Swan's Croft Lane
- Woodhouse Farm