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.

Thorpe Lubenham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Thorpe Lubenham

Historical Forms

  • Torp 1086 DB
  • Thorp 12th Survey
  • Thorp juxta Lubenho 1220 Fees
  • Thorp juxta Lobenham 1285 FF
  • Thorp nigh Lobbenham 1403 ADv
  • Thorpe Lubnum 1702 Poll

Etymology

v. þorp . Distinguished by its adjacency to Lubbenham (Lei).

Places in the same Parish

None