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Survey of English Place-Names

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Calthorpe Broad

Other OS name in the Parish of Ingham

Etymology

, Lady Elizabeth Calthorpe ( d. 1536 ) lies buried in Holy Trinity Church, Ingham (Pevsner 178) , cf. also Will . de Calthorp 1332 FF , Francis Calthorpe 1536 HaM ; like the Stapletons the Calthorps were important as lords of the manor of Ingham ( v. Blomefield IX320 ff. ) .