Thorpe Market
Major Settlement in the Parish of Thorpe Market
Historical Forms
- Torp 1086 DB 1177 Coxf
- Thorp 1147–8,c.1150 ib
- Thorp iuxta Reppes 1196,1210 ib
- Marketes Thorp 1225 Cur
- Markethorp 1287 Ipm 1364 Pat 1289 IpmR
- Marketetorp 1288 Ipm
- Markesthorpe 1257 Ass 1288 Cromer
- Markettesthorp 1322 NoD
- Marketestorp 1401,1409,1410 AD
- Maketthorp 1410,1411 FF
- Market Thorp 1418 AD
- Thorp Markete 1240 Coxf
- Torpmarket 1251 Cl
- Thorpmarket 1310 NoD 1321 Ch 1324 Coxf 1333 SR 1343 FF 1401–2 FA 1450 AD
- Thorp Market 1316 FA 1381 Pat 1428 FA
- Thorpemarket 1330 SR
- Thorpe Market 1335 Pat
- Thorpmarkette 1474,1478 AD
- Thorpemerkett 1535 VE
- Thorpe Markett 1537 Rent
- Thorp Marcham 1257 Ass
- Thorpmarcat 1257 ib
- Torpmarch' 1269 1317 AD
- Torpe Marche 1269 Ass
- Thorpmarch' 1273,1288 Coxf 1275 RH 1302 FA 1311 Ch
- Thorp mercato 1281 Coxf
- Thorpmarche 1286 Ass 1315 Coxf 1322 FF
- Thorpe March(e) 1314 DeBanco 1315 Pat
- Thorp Marchee 1327 DeBanco
Etymology
OEScand þorp and ONFr market, which would seem to have been added because this manor had been granted the privilege of having a market, i.e. 'Thorpe with a market'.