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.

Etersthorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cayton

Historical Forms

  • Eterstorp 1086 DB

Etymology

The first element is a pers. n., possibly ON  Eitri (LindN), found also as the first element of Etresghilebec (13 Riev) in Middleton in Teesdale (Du). v. þorp .

Places in the same Parish