English Explanatory Dictionary

thorpe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Obsolete spelling of thorp (“village”).
name
  1. A common habitational surname from Old English.
  2. Any of many placenames in England:
  3. A settlement in Sockbridge and Tirril parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district. (OS grid ref NY4926).
  4. A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1550).
  5. A hamlet in Lockington parish, East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE9946).
  6. A hamlet in Mablethorpe and Sutton parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF4982).
  7. A small village in Haddiscoe parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM4398).
  8. Synonym of Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk.
  9. A small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SE0161).
  10. A small village and civil parish (served by East Stoke with Thorpe Parish Council) in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7649).
  11. A village in Runnymede borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0268).
  12. An unincorporated community in Dallas County, Missouri, United States.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thorpe.wav /ˈθɔɹp/ /ˈθɔːp/

Word forms

thorpe thorpes

Etymology

Various places in England, from Old English þorp. See also thorpe.

Synonyms

Thorpe St Andrew Norwich Norfolk

Related words

list of place names at thorpe

Derived words

Burnham Thorpe Kilton Thorpe Lower Thorpe Shipton Thorpe Shiptonthorpe Tealby Thorpe Thorpe Thorpe Achurch Thorpe Arnold Thorpe Audlin Thorpe Bay Thorpe Constantine Thorpe Culvert Thorpe Green Thorpe in Balne Thorpe Langton Thorpe-le-Soken Thorpe Mandeville Thorpe Market Thorpe Marsh Thorpe Morieux Thorpe on the Hill Thorpe Park Thorpe Satchville Thorpe St Andrew Thorpe St Peter Thorpe Thewles Thorpe Tilney Thorpe Waterville Jim Thorpe Thorpe-Ingold effect Aldringham cum Thorpe Ashfield cum Thorpe Thorpeness Wycliffe with Thorpe
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