English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Moorthorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of South Kirkby

Historical Forms

  • Torp 1086 DB
  • Morthorp(pe) 1246 Ass34 1316 Linds 1322 YDxii,292
  • Morethorpe 1540,1561,1605 FF

Etymology

Moorthorpe, Torp 1086 DB, Morthorp (pe )1246Ass 34, 1316 Linds, 1322 YD xii, 292, Morethorpe 1540, 1561, 1605 FF. 'Outlying farm on the moor', v. mōr , þorp . As often, this p.n. was originally a simplex thorp , with mōr added after the Conquest.