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Survey of English Place-Names

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Lay Thorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bingley

Historical Forms

  • Laythorp 1846 TA
  • Laytholf 1346 YDvi

Etymology

Lay Thorpe, Laythorp 1846TA , perhaps an adaptation of Laytholf 1346 YD vi. 'Track bridge', from leið and ON  hvalf 'arch', cf. Laither iii, 39supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name