Eathorpe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Eathorpe
Historical Forms
- Ethorpe 1232 Ass 1405 Deed
- Eythorpe 1461 IpmR 1495 FF
- Ethrope 1520 BM
- Ethropp t.Hy8 AD
- Ethorpe al. Ethrop 1649,1156 FF
- Eythroppe al. Ethorpe 1649 Recov
- Ethrupp 1741 ib
Etymology
“Hath its name from the situation thereof near the River; Ea in our old English signifying water, and thorpe a village or hamlet” (Dugdale 199). v. þorp and cf. Nuneaton supra 88. The place lies in a bend of the river Itchen.For the meaning here of thorp v. Stoneythorpe infra 134.
Places in the same Parish
None