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.

Gunthorpe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Gunthorpe

Historical Forms

  • Gunetorp 1130 P 1206 Cur
  • Gunethorp 1189 Ch 1332 Ch 1227
  • Glunetorp 1198 Cur
  • Gunestorp 1176 P 1227 Ch
  • Gunnetorp' 1182 NRSiv
  • Gunthorp 12th Survey
  • Guntorp 1208 PatR
  • Gunthorpe 1284 FA
  • Gonethorp 1277 ChronPetro

Etymology

'Gunni 's village,' v. þorp and Ferry Ho supra 232. The same place-name occurs in L, Nf and R.

Places in the same Parish

None