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Thorpe in the Glebe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Thorpe in the Glebe

Historical Forms

  • Torp 1086 DB
  • Bochardistorp 1235 Fees
  • Thorp Bossard 1242 Fees 1270 FF 1272 Ipm
  • Thorp Bochard 1258 Ass
  • Thorp Bozard, Thorp Bussard 1325 Ipm
  • Thorp Busard 1353 ib
  • Thorphynchlebys 1268 Ebor
  • Thorp in the Clott(e)s 1287 Ass 1357 Ipm 1387 Dugdv 1461 IpmR
  • Thorpe al. Thorpe in le Clottes 1637 Recov
  • Thorp in gleb' 1291 Tax
  • Thorp in Glebis 1302 FA 1332 SR c.1350 Beauvale
  • Thorpe juxta Wysall al. Thorpe in glebe 1649 Recov
  • Thorpe in Glebis or Thorpe in Ye Clotts 1735 ib

Etymology

v. þorp , 'village.' John Bochard held the manor in 1235 (Fees).glebe goes back through French  to Late Latin gleba , 'clod, lump,' and is here clearly an alternative to clott , 'clod of earth,' used in the same sense. Cf. Hugh del Clottes (1333SR ) (Southwell).

Places in the same Parish

None