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Osmondthorpe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Whitkirk

Historical Forms

  • Osmundthorp(e) 1155 Pont 1165–75 YCh 1240–5 Bodl18 1344 FF 1376 YDvii
  • Osmundethorp(e) l.12 Templar 1444 Dugdvii
  • Osmondthorp(e) 1323 MinAcct 1419 YI 1466 YDi
  • Osmondthrop(e) 1577 PRLds 1606 WillC
  • Osmuntorp 12 Kirkst
  • Osmundestorp 1185 Templar 1268 FF 1276 RH
  • Osmundesthorp 1269 FF
  • Ossynthorpe 1507 Rent 1531 ADi
  • Ossenthorp(e) 1583,1609 PRLds

Etymology

'Ōsmund's outlying farm', v. þorp . The pers.n. is OE  Ōsmund or an anglicised form of ON  Ásmundr ; it remained in local use in the surname of Thomas Osmund who gave a messuage here in 1376 YD vii (p. 144).