Gunthorpe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Gunthorpe
Historical Forms
- Gunetorp' 1200 Abbr 1200 Cur 1200 Pleas 1202 Ass 1218 For
- Gunethorp' 1223 Cur 1262 RGrav
- Gunnethorp 1269 Pat
- Guntorp' 1208 PatR 1231 Deed 1231 RegAnt
- Gunthorp(e) 1225 FF 1231 RegAnt 1538 Finch 1610 Speed
Etymology
'Gunni's outlying farmstead', v. þorp , cf. Gunthorpe Nth, L. The OScand pers.n. Gunni is a short form of names in Gunn -, v. SPNLY 116–7.