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Thorpe in Balne

Major Settlement in the Parish of Barnby upon Don

Historical Forms

  • Thorp(e) 1150 Selby 1535 VE 1592 WillY
  • Thorp(e) in Balne 1339,1376 FF 1558 WillY
  • Thorp(e) in Baulne 1540 FF
  • Thorp(e) in Bawne 1549,1568 FF
  • Thropp in Balne 1438 YDvi
  • Thorpp(e) 1593 FF
  • Thorpp(e) in Balme 1521,1536 ib
  • Thorpp(e)in Bawyne 1552 NCWills
  • Thorppe in Balne als. Belthorp, Thorpe in Balme als. Belthorp 1523,1536 FF
  • Belthorp(e) 1499 Ipm 1530,1568 FF

Etymology

v. þorp 'outlying farmstead'. The significance of Bel - in the later alternative name is ambiguous; cf. Bell Croft 20infra . On the district name Balne v. ii, 1infra .