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Thorpe
Thorpe is a variant of the Middle English word ''thorp'', meaning hamlet or small village. Thorpe may refer to: People * Thorpe (surname), including a list of people with the name Places England *Thorpe, Cumbria *Thorpe, Derbyshire *Thorpe, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire *Thorpe, East Riding of Yorkshire *Thorpe, North Yorkshire *Thorpe, Nottinghamshire *Thorpe, Surrey *Thorpe Arnold, Leicestershire *Thorpe Bay, a suburb in Essex *Thorpe by Trusthorpe, Lincolnshire *Thorpe by Water, Rutland, East Midlands *Thorpe Constantine, Staffordshire *Thorpe Culvert, a hamlet in Lincolnshire *Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich, Norfolk *Thorpe Hesley, South Yorkshire *Thorpe in Balne, South Yorkshire *Thorpe in the Fallows, Lincolnshire *Thorpe Latimer, Lincolnshire *Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex *Thorpe le Street, East Riding of Yorkshire *Thorpe Mandeville, Northamptonshire *Thorpe Market, Norfolk *Thorpe-next-Haddiscoe, Norfolk *Thorpe on the Hill, Lincolnshire *Thorpe on the Hill, West Yorkshire *Thorpe St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorpe-le-Soken
Thorpe-le-Soken is a village and civil parish in the Tendring District, Tendring district of Essex, England. It is located east of Colchester, west of Walton-on-the-Naze and Frinton-on-Sea, and north of Clacton-on-Sea. History Since 2002, archaeological investigations ahead of construction work have uncovered traces of Palaeolithic (early Clactonian 424,000-400,000 BC), Mesolithic, early Neolithic and Roman rural settlements. Thorpe-le-Soken's contiguous history can be traced back to Saxons, Saxon times. In , King Æthelstan confirmed the grant of Eduluesnaesa – combined estate of Kirby, Thorpe and Walton – to St Paul’s. Soken meaning a jurisdiction with separate taxation and managerial responsibilities. There has been a manor house at Thorpe since about 1150. The old manor house, Thorpe Hall (Thorpe-le-Soken), Thorpe Hall, was owned by the Leake family, and rebuilt in the 1820s by the wealthy lawyer J.M. Leake (). It was later leased by Frederic Foaker, owner of Sneat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorp
''Thorp'' is a Middle English word for a hamlet or small village. Etymology The name can either come from Old Norse ''þorp'' (also ''thorp''), or from Old English (Anglo-Saxon) ''þrop''. There are many place names in England with the suffix "-thorp" or "-thorpe". Those of Old Norse origin are to be found in Northumberland, County Durham, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk. Those of Anglo-Saxon origin are to be found in southern England from Worcestershire to Surrey. Care must be taken to distinguish the two forms. Variations of the Anglo-Saxon suffix are "-throp", "-thrope", "-trop" and "-trip" (e.g. Adlestrop and Southrope). Old English (Anglo-Saxon) ''þrop'' is cognate with Low-Saxon ''trup''/''trop''/''drup''/''drop'' as in Handrup or Waltrop, Frisian ''terp'', German ''torp'' or ''dorf'' as in Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorpe In Balne
Thorpe in Balne is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 176 at the 2001 census, increasing to 203 at the 2011 Census. A moat A moat is a deep, broad ditch dug around a castle, fortification, building, or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence. Moats can be dry or filled with water. In some places, moats evolved into more extensive water d ...ed site with a chapel and a fishpond near the manor house is a Grade II* listed monument. The chapel once served as the village church. Another moated site in the civil parish is located at Tilts. Residents of Thorpe in Balne were asked to evacuate their homes during the 2019 United Kingdom floods. See also * Listed buildings in Thorpe in Balne References Villages in Doncaster Civil parishes in South Yorkshire {{SouthYorkshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorpe Thewles
Thorpe Thewles is a village which had history dating back to the 12th century. The village shares a parish with Grindon, County Durham, Grindon and is in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, Northern England. It lies near the A177 road (England), A177 road between Stockton-on-Tees and Sedgefield. Origin of the name Thorpe is of Danish extraction and means farm, Thorp, and Thewles was likely the name of a family that possessed land here in the Middle Ages: the earliest occurrence of the full name is 'Thorpp' Thewles' in 1265. The surname Thewles probably comes from the Old English 'immoral', though the meaning of the placename is the Farm of the Thewles Family rather than, as sometimes reported, the Immoral Farm. The name has been confused as North Pewles when in translation. History Galfried de Torp was a landowner in the mid-12th century. Members of the Thorp family donated land to the monks of Finchale Priory. The Fulthrope family occupied the manor from 1346 to 162 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorpe Satchville
Thorpe is a variant of the Middle English word ''thorp'', meaning hamlet or small village. Thorpe may refer to: People * Thorpe (surname), including a list of people with the name Places England * Thorpe, Cumbria * Thorpe, Derbyshire * Thorpe, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire * Thorpe, East Riding of Yorkshire *Thorpe, North Yorkshire * Thorpe, Nottinghamshire *Thorpe, Surrey *Thorpe Arnold, Leicestershire *Thorpe Bay, a suburb in Essex * Thorpe by Trusthorpe, Lincolnshire *Thorpe by Water, Rutland, East Midlands * Thorpe Constantine, Staffordshire * Thorpe Culvert, a hamlet in Lincolnshire *Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich, Norfolk *Thorpe Hesley, South Yorkshire *Thorpe in Balne, South Yorkshire * Thorpe in the Fallows, Lincolnshire * Thorpe Latimer, Lincolnshire *Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex *Thorpe le Street, East Riding of Yorkshire * Thorpe Mandeville, Northamptonshire * Thorpe Market, Norfolk * Thorpe-next-Haddiscoe, Norfolk *Thorpe on the Hill, Lincolnshire *Thorpe on the Hill, West Yorkshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorpe St Peter
Thorpe St Peter is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about north-west from the town of Wainfleet. Thorpe is listed in the ''Domesday Book'' of 1086 as having 33 households, two mills and a church. The parish church, dedicated to Saint Peter is a Grade I listed building dating from 1200 with later additions and alterations, and restored in the 19th century. It is built of greenstone and limestone. The west tower dates from the mid-14th century, and there is an early 13th-century font. Thorpe Culvert railway station was opened here in 1873. The Quincey pumping station on Culvert Road dates from 1938, and is operated by the Lindsey Marsh Drainage Board. Sport Thorpe St Peter is home to the Wainfleet & District Sporting Motorcycle Club. It hosts Motorcycle Grasstrack Racings International Lincolnshire Poacher and in 2011 held the European Grasstrack Championship The European Grasstrack Championship is a motorcycle champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorpe St Andrew
Thorpe St Andrew is a town and civil parish in the Broadland district of Norfolk, England. It is situated on the River Yare, two miles east of the centre of Norwich, and is outside the boundary of the city. The civil parish has an area of and had a population of 14,556 at the 2011 census; this was an increase from the 2001 figure of 13,762. It is the administrative headquarters of the Broadland district council. History Thorpe is in the Domesday Book, in which it is spelt ‘Torp’, which is a Scandinavian word meaning village (see Thorp). It is thought that the Danes were in East Anglia as early as 870 AD and in 1004 Sweyn and his ships came up the river to Norwich. There is also evidence that Thorpe was occupied by the Romans with the discovery of various remains. The earliest references found that relate to the parish are under the names of ‘Thorpe Episcopi’ and ‘Thorpe-next-Norwich’. In later years, it has been known as ‘Thorpe St Andrew’. The Norfolk C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorpe On The Hill, West Yorkshire
Thorpe on the Hill (or Thorpe) is a village in the Leeds district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The village falls within the Ardsley and Robin Hood ward of the Leeds Metropolitan Council. It was mentioned as ''"Torp"'' in the Domesday Book together with neighbouring Carlton, Lofthouse, Middleton, and Rothwell as part of the Morley Hundred in the West Riding. The village is situated south of Leeds city centre, and between Middleton and Rothwell. It is split by the M62 Motorway, and is close to the Lofthouse Interchange where the M62 meets the M1 (Junction 29 - Junction 42). History Thorpe Hall on Middleton Lane is a Grade II* listed building. The hall bears the date 1735 on its rainwater heads, but also incorporates some earlier fabric. In 1866 Thorpe became a separate civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorpe On The Hill, Lincolnshire
Thorpe on the Hill is a small village and civil parish in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. Location It is situated less than north from the A46 road The A46 is a major A road in England. It starts east of Bath, Somerset and ends in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, but it does not form a continuous route. Large portions of the old road have been lost, bypassed, or replaced by motorway developme ..., and south-west from Lincoln city centre. Population In the 2001 census the parish population was 530, increasing to 558 at the 2011 census. Industries Local commerce and industry includes the door manufacturer Doortechnik. Transportation Thorpe-on-the-Hill railway station, on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line north of the village, was opened in 1846; it closed in 1955. References External links * Villages in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire North Kesteven District {{Lincolnshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorpe-next-Haddiscoe
Haddiscoe is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of the English county of Norfolk. The parish also includes the small hamlet of Thorpe-next-Haddiscoe. Haddiscoe is located north-west of Lowestoft and south-east of Norwich. History Great Melton's name is of Viking origin and derives from the Old Norse for ''Haddr's'' wood. In the Domesday Book, Haddiscoe is listed as a settlement of 70 households in the hundred of Clavering. In 1086, the village was divided between the estates of King William I, Roger Bigod, Ralph Baynard and Robert, son of Corbucion. The only preceptory of the Knights Templar in Norfolk stood in the parish from 1218 to 1312, though the precise site of the building is unknown. In 1827, the Haddiscoe Cut was dug through the parish to provide a more navigable water route from the River Yare to the North Sea. Haddiscoe Railway Station opened in 1904 and still operates as a stop on the Lowestoft section of the Wherry Line. The station w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorpe Market
Thorpe Market is a village in the English county of Norfolk. The village is located 4.4 miles south of Cromer and 20.5 miles north of Norwich. The village's name means 'Outlying farm/settlement with a market'. The parish church The parish church of Thorpe Market is called ''St Margaret's''. The present church was built in 1796 on the site of an older mediaeval church. This later church was one of the first Gothic Revival buildings to be erected in the county of Norfolk and was built on the instructions of the first Lord Suffield. The church has an unusual colour scheme inside, having pink walls and a blue plaster ceiling. Most of the furnishings are from the late 19th century. There are two screens. The church is part of the ''Ten Parishes'' which are overseen by the Trunch team ministry. Transport The nearest railway station is at Gunton on the Bittern Line, which runs between , and . Greater Anglia operates generally two-hourly services in both directions. The village s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorpe Mandeville
Thorpe Mandeville is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England about northeast of Banbury in neighbouring Oxfordshire. The hamlet of Lower Thorpe is just north of the village. The village's name means 'Outlying farm/settlement'. The village was held by Richard de Amundevill in 1252. The population of the parish has grown slowly over the centuries. It was recorded as 137 in the 1801 Census, 178 in the 1991 Census, 194 in the 2001 Census and 327 (including Edgcote) in the 2011 Census. Manors The Domesday Book of 1086 records the village as ''Thorp''. "Mandeville" is a corruption of ''Amundeville''. Richard de Amundeville was lord of the manor in the 13th century. In 1346 a house and of land at Thorpe Mandeville were listed amongst the estates of the Augustinian priory at Chacombe. The Kirton family lived at Thorpe Mandeville manor house from 1554 to 1685. Thomas Kirton (1537–1601) of Thorpe Mandeville was Common Serjeant of London. The current i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
