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.

Thorpe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Thorpe

Historical Forms

  • æt Đorpe 1062 KCD812 13th
  • Torp 1086 DB t.Hy2 Ch 1285
  • Throp 1272 Ass
  • Tharpe 1715 FF

Etymology

'Village,' v. þorp .

Places in the same Parish