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Thorpe Audlin

Major Settlement in the Parish of Badsworth

Historical Forms

  • Torp(e) 1086 DB 1121–7 YCh1428 1135–42,1154–8 1499,1190 1215 ChR 1216 Nost5
  • Torph c.1160 Pont
  • Thorp(e) 1154–9,1190 YCh 1641–2,1226 FF 1316 Vill 1530 WillY
  • Thorp(e) Aud(e)lyn(e), Thorp(e) Awd(e)lyn(e), Thorp(e) Awd(e)lin 13 YDxiii,47 14 Linds 1343 DodsN 1605 FF
  • Thorp(e) Audelun 1428 FA
  • Thorpaldlay 1419 Testi
  • Thorp(e) Audeley 1490 Testiv
  • Thorp(e) Awdlay 1509 Testv
  • Thorp(e) Awdle(y)n 1543 WillY 1566 FF
  • Thorp(e) Awdlyn 1597 FF
  • Thorp(e) Audlin 1641 Rates

Etymology

'Outlying farmstead', v. þorp . The affix Audlin (OG  Aldelin ) from Aldelin , whose son William was tenant in 1190 (YCh 1641).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement