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.

Ugthorpe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Lythe

Historical Forms

Ug(h)etorp 1086 DB

Uggethorp(e) 1161 YCh 1242 P

Ugthorp(e) c.1180 Percy 1285 KI 1665 Visit

Hugethorpe 1262 Guis

Etymology

'Uggi's village' from the ON by-name Uggi (LindBN) and þorp.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement