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Survey of English Place-Names

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Tythrop Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kingsey (now in Buckinghamshire)

Historical Forms

  • Duchitorp 1086 DB
  • Teutropa 1199 FF
  • Twithrope 1205 P 1281 FF
  • Twinhtrope 1205 P
  • Thunntorp' 1205 Fine
  • Thuiuthrop c.1240 AD
  • Tuthrope c.1240 AD
  • Tuphrop 1242–3 Fees
  • Tythrop 1240–1 Ass 1351 Ipm
  • Thuthrop 1247 Ass
  • Tvytroph 1278–9 RH
  • Tuythorp(e) 1285 Ass
  • Tuythrop 1285 Ass 1359 AD
  • Thwytorpe, Thwytrop 1285 Ass
  • Thuthrop 1297 CornAcc 1418 AD
  • Thuthropp 1316 FA
  • Thuthorp 1346 FA
  • Thethorp 1300 Ipm
  • Thytrop 1427 AD

Etymology

'Double homestead,' v. twī-, þrop .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement