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.

East-thorpe

Other OS name in the Parish of Mirfield

Historical Forms

  • (ye) Earthorp(pe) 1590,1745 PRMrf
  • Earthop (sic) 1817 M

Etymology

, (y e) Earthorp (pe )1590, 1745 PRMrf, Earthop (sic)1817 M ; v. þorp ' outlying farmstead ' ; the original first el . Ear - is obscure , but has been replaced by East - in recent times .