Tolethorpe Hall, Tolethorpe Mill, Tolethorpe Oaks
Early-attested site in the Parish of Little Casterton
Historical Forms
- Toltorp(e) 1086 DB 1212 Cur 1215 P 1327 SR
- Tolthorp(e) 1215 ChancR 1273 Ipm 1428 FA
- Toletorp 1202 Ass 1220 FF
- Tolethorp(e) 1249 Cur 1273 Ipm
- Tolestorp' 1196 ChancR 1220 Cur
- Tholtorp' 1220 Cur
- Tholthorp(e) 1305 FA 1405 PRep 1610 Speed
- Tholetorp 1272 FF
- Tholethorp 1327 Ch
Etymology
'Tóli's outlying farmstead', v. þorp . The OScand pers.n. Tóli is a short form of names such as Þorlakr , Þorleikr and Þorlaugr , v. SPNLY 289. Forms with genitival -es - may show the influence of OScand Tólir , also a short form of Scand pers.ns. in Þorl -, v. SPNLY 290. Substitution of th for t is the result of AN orthographical interchange between the symbols th and t for etymological t , v. Feilitzen § 96. For Tolethorpe Hall, Tolethorpe Mill and Tolethorpe Oaks, v. infra . The deserted medieval village site is at TF 022 104, v. MER 26.