Kingsthorpe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Kingsthorpe
Historical Forms
- Torp 1086 DB 1174,1175 P
- Trop 1195 P
- Thorp by Northampton 12th Survey
- Throp 1217 WellsR
- Thorp without Northampton 1232 Ch
- Kingestorp 1190 P
- Kyngesthorp 1305 Cl 1316 FA
- Kyngesthorp al. Thorp 1442 Pat
- Kinestorp 1202 Ass 1203 Abbr
Etymology
v. þorp . The king held the manor already in DB. For the later manorial addition cf. Abthorpe supra 89 and Rothersthorpe infra 151.