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.

Snapethorpe

Other OS name in the Parish of Darton

Historical Forms

  • Sneathorppleys 1632 Bretton

Etymology

, 1841 , Sneathorppleys 1632Bretton 91 , v. snap ' poor pasture ' , þorp , or possibly of the same origin as Snapethorpe ii, 155infra .