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.

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.

Places in the same Parish