Southorpe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Southorpe
Historical Forms
- Sudtorp 1086 DB 1198 Cur 1199 Abbr 1200 Cur
- Sudtrop' 1201 Cur
- Sudthorp 1227 Ch 1241 P
- Sutthorp 1189 Ch 1332
- Suthorp(e) 1227 Ch 1346 FA
- Sutrop 1202 Cur
- Suthtrop 1236 WellsR
- Suthtorp 1275 Cl
- Suththorp 1306 Cl
- Southorp 1340 Cl 1353 Ipm
- Sowthorpe 1541 LP
Etymology
'South village,' v. þorp . Probably so called because south of Barnack.