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Survey of English Place-Names

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Thorpe Common

Other OS name in the Parish of Thorpe Salvin

Historical Forms

  • Common Encroachment 1848 TA

Etymology

, Common Encroachment 1848TA , cf. Sallett-common Wood 1536 Hnt , ME  commun ' common land ' ; Sallett is probably OE  selet ' a willow copse ' .