Hothorpe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Hothorpe
Historical Forms
- Udetorp 1086 DB
- Hudtorp 1235 Fees
- Huttórp c.1155 Dane 1202 Ass
- Huttorph c.1200 ib
- Hutthorp(e) early13th BM 1275 RH
- Hohttorp 1302 Ipm
- Hutorp 1203 FF
- Huthorp 1220 Fees
- Huhthorp 1242 Fees
- Huchtorp' 1247 Ass
- Hokthorp 1303 Pat
- Hokyorph c.1320 HdeB
- Hucthorp 1331 ADv
- Hothorp(e) 1247 Ass 1284 FA 1295 Cl 1313 Ipm
- Houthorp' 1261 Ass
- Hoothorpe 1617 FF 1702 Poll
Etymology
This is a difficult name. Topographically, a compound of OE hoh and þorp, hence 'thorpe on the hill,' would suit admirably, but the early and persistent u in the earliest forms has no parallel in the numerous compounds of hoh , which have given rise to the Yorkshire Huttons , the Northamptonshire Houghtons or the Leicestershire Hoby . The DB spelling (cf. also that in Fees) is probably an example of a common error in that document when it attempts to deal with OE h , ME gh or ʒ. Cf. Ludewic (DB) for Lowick infra 185.