English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Thorpe under Stone

Early-attested site in the Parish of Catterick

Historical Forms

  • Torp 1187 P
  • Thorp 13 Easby 1577 Saxton
  • Thorpesgill 13 Dugdiii.603

Etymology

v. þorp , gil (referring to the ravine in which Thorpe lies).