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Thorpe on the Hill

Major Settlement in the Parish of Rothwell

Historical Forms

  • Torp 1086 DB
  • Thorp(e) 1328 Ch 1592 WillY
  • Thorp(e) othe Hull 1309 Ch
  • Thorp(e) super leʒ Hill 1501 Nost44d
  • Thorp(e) on the Hill 1542 WillY
  • Thorp(e) of t' Hill 1545 LS
  • Thorp(e) of the hill 1554 TestLds
  • Thorp(e) super Montem 1558 LS
  • Thorp(e) iuxta Rothewelhagh, Thorp(e) under Rothewelhagh 1327 FF 1448 Pat

Etymology

v. þorp 'out-lying farmstead'. For the affixes v. hyll , Rothwell Haigh 144supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name