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Tealby Thorpe

Other OS name in the Parish of Tealby

Historical Forms

  • a place called Thorpe 1697,1804,1815 NW
  • Thorpe 1792 Td'E 1794 NW 1795 EnclA

Etymology

1704NW , 1824O , a place called Thorpe 1697, 1804, 1815NW , Thorpe 1792Td 'E ,1794NW , 1795EnclA , cf. Thorp (e ) Close 1724NW , 1757, 1793Td 'E , 1795EnclA , 1804NW , Great , Little Thorping 1707Terrier , Great , Little Thorpe Ings 1773, 1795NW ( v. eng ' meadow, pasture ' ) , Thorpe Lane 1792, 1811, 1816, 1824Td 'E ; it is earlier Westhorpe 1665Td 'E , cf. Westropp feild 1617ib , 1686NW , West Thorpe feilde 1627Td 'E , West Thorpe Feild 1637Td 'E , 1697NW , West Thorpe field 1667Td 'E , 1704NW , West Thorpe Field 1768, 1792, 1794NW , 1795EnclA , 1820Td 'E , Westhorp feild 1631ib , ' the outlying farmstead to the west, belonging to Tealby ' , v. west , þorp .