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Survey of English Place-Names

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Thorpe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Burnsall

Historical Forms

  • Torp 1086 DB 12 Font 13 YDi a.1233 YChvii 1234 FF
  • Torph juxta Brunsella c.1190 Pont
  • Thorp(e) 13 Fount c.1202,1229–34 YChvii 1202 FF 1237 Font 1653 PRBrn
  • Thorp(e) juxta Brynsall 1198 Fount 1395 Font
  • Thorp(e) Bryndsall 1500 Ipm
  • Thorp(e) in Craven 1609 FF
  • Throppe 1563 WillY 1573 YDi

Etymology

'Outlying farmstead', v. þorp , here without doubt one dependent on Burnsall.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name