Thorpe By Water
Major Settlement in the Parish of Thorpe by Water
Historical Forms
- Torp 1086 DB 1105–7 Reg 1231 RegAnt 1296 SR
- Thorp(e) 1231 RegAnt 1264 FF 1297 Ass 1302 AddCh
- - iuxta Seyton 1296,1297 Ass
- - on Welond 1358 BPR
- - by the Watre 1428 FF 1429 TB
- -bythewatir 1459 AD
- - next the Water 1549 Pat
- - by Water 1824 O
- - iuxta aquam 1459 Peake 1610 TB
- -juxta aquam de Welland 1701 FF
Etymology
'The outlying farmstead', later distinguished by its proximity to Seaton and to the waters of R. Welland, v. þorp , wæter .