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.

Millthrop

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Milnethorpe 1535 VE
  • Milnethroppe 1608 PR 1621 YASMd
  • Milthropp(e) 1606 PR 1625 YAS

Etymology

, Milnethorpe 1535 VE, Milnethroppe 1608 PR, 1621YAS Md 84, Milthropp (e )1606 PR, 1625YAS , ' outlying farmstead near a mill ' , v. myln , þorp .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement