Costhorpe
Early-attested site in the Parish of Carlton in Lindrick
Historical Forms
- Cossardtorp 1195 P
- Cossardthorp early13th HMCVarvii 1286 Blyth 1336 Cl
- Cossarthorp 1286,13th Blyth
- Costarthorp, Costerthorp c.1280 ib
- Costenthorp 1310 Ipm
- Costrup 1776 Trinity
Etymology
This place-name, like Perlethorpe infra 91, was probably at first simply Thorpe . It derives its first element from the family of Ralf Coshart who had rebelled against Richard I in 1194, and whose land of Cossardtorp had therefore been taken into the king's hand (1195 P). A Henry Cossard is mentioned in connection with the place t. Henry 3 (HMC Var vii) and in the Blyth Cartulary (13th).