English Explanatory Dictionary

Kilton Thorpe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A hamlet in Lockwood parish, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ6917).

Word forms

Kilton Thorpe

Etymology

Originally owned by the same noble families as those who owned nearby Kilton Castle, one of whom was the de Kilton family it was named after. Thorpe comes from thorpe, an obsolete term for a village, now found only in place names.

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