Longthorpe and Thorpe Hall
Early-attested site in the Parish of Peterborough
Historical Forms
- Torp, þorp 972 BCS1130 c.1200
- Torp 1086 DB
- Torp juxta Burc 1176 P
- Thorp(e) 1189 Ch 1332
- Langethorpe 1285 Ass
- Longethorp(e) 1285 Ass
- Longthorp juxta Peterburgh 1503 FF
Etymology
Longthorpe and Thorpe Hall are Torp , þorp 972 (c. 1200) BCS 1130, Torp 1086 DB, Torp juxta Burc 1176 P, Thorp (e )1189 (1332) Ch, Langethorpe 1285Ass (p), Longethorp (e )1285Ass , Longthorp juxta Peterburgh 1503FF . v. þorp . The descriptive adjective must first have been applied to the village along the main road from Peterborough to Castor, the manor house retaining the original uncompounded form of the name.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Alwalton Gull Road
- Dogsthorpe
- Eastfield
- Edgerley (, Drain)
- Flag Fen
- Low Fm
- Newark
- Oxney Ho
- Snossells
- Spital Bridge
- Fulham Road
- Garton End