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Thorpe Stapleton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Whitkirk

Historical Forms

  • Torp 1086 DB
  • Torph 1159 Pont
  • Thorp 1255 Ch
  • le Thorp 1598 FF
  • Thorpstapelton l.13 Kirkst 1303 Aid 1327 SR 1498 Ipm
  • Thorp Stapilton, Thorp Stapylton 1379 PT 1545 LS
  • Thorp Stapleton 1530 TestLds 1605 FF

Etymology

v. porp 'outlying farmstead'. The affix refers to the ownership by the Stapleton family mentioned in 1240 FF, 1255 Ch, 1285 KI, etc., from Stapleton ii, 65supra .