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Austhorpe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Whitkirk

Historical Forms

  • Ossetorp 1086 DB
  • Austethorp' 1379 PT
  • Oustorp c.1180 Kirkst
  • Ousthorp 1285 KI l.13 Kirkst 1303 Aid 1341 Surv
  • Oustropp 1589 FF
  • Eustorp (sic for Oustorp) 1226 FF
  • Austorp 1190 P 1418 YDii
  • Austhorp l.12 Templar 1303 KF 1316 Vill 1528 FF
  • Austrop(pe) 1364 DodsN 1424 Rent 1621 SR
  • Hausthorp 1285 Skyr
  • Awsthorpe 1502 WillY
  • Awstrope 1569 YDii
  • Awstropp 1641 Rates

Etymology

'East outlying farmstead', v. austr , þorp ; it is in the east of the parish.