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.

Kilton Thorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Skelton

Historical Forms

  • Torp 1086 DB
  • duas Chiltonas a.1157 Percy
  • K. et Thorp 1257,1292 Ch 1292 Percy
  • Thorpkilton, Kyltonthorp 1406,1407,1409 YI

Etymology

'The hamlet belonging to the village of Kilton' v. þorp and cf. IPN 58.