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.

Overthorpe

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornhill

Historical Forms

  • Overthorp(p)e 1562 Hntii,306 1586 FF 1616 PRThl 1795 et freq
  • Upperthorp(e) 1763 1817 M

Etymology

, Overthorp (p )e 1562 Hnt ii, 306, 1586 FF, 1616 PRThl, et freq to 1795 ib,Upperthorp (e )1763 ib, 1817 M , v. uferra ' upper ' , þorp ' outlyingfarmstead ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement