Thorp Arch
Major Settlement in the Parish of Thorp Arch
Historical Forms
- Torp 1086 DB 1144–50 YCh541 1147–53 1154–69 Tockw 1310 Ch
- Thorp(e) 1254 Ch 1310 Heal42 1254 YDviii 1311 YChant 1546
- Thorparchis, Thorp archys 1269,1280 Ebor
- Thorp(e) de Archis, Thorp(e) Darche(s) 1274 YI 1311 YDviii 1348 FF
- Thorp(e) Arches c.1291 Tax 1300 Ebor 1400 YI
- Thorp(e) Arch(e) 1333,1355 FF 1364 Works 1646 CYA
Etymology
v. þorp 'outlying farmstead'. The three manors of Thorp were held by Osbern de Arches TRW (DB) and subsequently by his son William who died without issue (YCh 535); the family name is from Arques in Normandy (olim Arcis ).