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.

Westhorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wing

Historical Forms

  • Westhorp' 1296 SR
  • Westorp' 1327 ib
  • Westhrope 1607 VCH
  • Westrops 1631 Terrier

Etymology

'The western outlying farmstead', v. west , þorp . At the western edge of Wing village, this farmstead would appear to be a comparatively late foundation.