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Thorpe Underwood

Major Settlement in the Parish of Little Ouseburn

Historical Forms

  • Torp 1086 DB 1190–1203 YCh516 1200 ChR
  • Thorp(e) 1175–99 YCh519 1199 1195 Font 1217 RegAlbi,74 1246–52 Font 1276 RH 1397 Works
  • Thorp(e) in Burghshire 1175–99 YCh519
  • Thorp(e) in Burgesire l.12 Font
  • Thorp(e) underwood in Burgshire 1320 Abbr
  • Thorp(e) underwood(d), Thorp(e) underwode 1198 Fount 1315–21 Font 1368 Baild 1457 FountBurs 1535 VE
  • Thorp(e) Vndrewod 1361 Font
  • Thorp(e) Underwood 1536 MinAcct 1673 Dep

Etymology

v. þorp 'outlying farmstead'. There are woods on Thorpe Hill overlooking the village (v. under , wudu ). For Burghshire v. Claro Wapentake 1supra .