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Survey of English Place-Names

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Thorpe Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Selby

Historical Forms

  • Thorp(e) 12 Selby 1300 Baild 1573 Dep
  • Westhorp' 13 Selby
  • Thorp' Seleby 1279–81 QW
  • Thorp(e)hall 1371 YDvi 1817 M
  • twegen þorpas c.1030 YCh7

Etymology

Thorpe Hall, Thorp (e )12 Selby, 1300 Baild, 1573Dep , Westhorp '13 Selby, Thorp ' Seleby 1279–81 QW, Thorp (e )hall 1371 YD vi, 1817 M, probably one of the twegen þorpas of c. 1030 YCh 7 (the other being Thorpe Willoughby 30supra ), v. þorp 'outlying farmstead', cf. Middlethorpe (supra ).