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.

Addlethorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Spofforth

Historical Forms

  • A(r)dulfestorp, Arduluestorp 1086 DB
  • Harduluesthorp 1176 Percy
  • Ardeltorp J YDv
  • Arthelthorp 13 Percy 1246 Ass44
  • Arlethorp 13 Percy 1516 MinAcct
  • Lytil(l) Harl(e)thorp(e), Litil(l) Harl(e)thorp(e), litell Harl(e)thorp(e) 1405,1408 Pat 1408 MinAcct
  • Adilthorp, Adelthorp 1473 SpfCt 1603 Crompton
  • Addlethorpe 1665 Visit
  • Addilthorpe als. Arlethorpe 1619 FF
  • Arduluetorp 1086 DB

Etymology

'Eardwulf's outlying farmstead', v. þorp . The OE  pers.n. Eardwulf is found also in Addlethorpe L (Arduluetorp 1086 DB).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name