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.

Lapthorne

Other OS name in the Parish of Dittisham

Historical Forms

  • Loppedethorn(n)e 1347 Cl 1383 FF
  • Loppethorne 1372 IpmR

Etymology

is Loppedethorn (n )e 1347 Cl, 1383FF , Loppethorne 1372 IpmR . ' The pollarded thorn tree , ' cf. the same name supra 170, 281 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement