Thorpe is a variant of the Middle English word ''
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 suff ...
'', meaning hamlet or small village.
Thorpe may refer to:
People
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Thorpe (surname) Thorpe is a surname derived from the Middle English word ''thorp'', meaning hamlet or small village. Thorpe is found as the name of many places in England.
People with this name
* Adam Thorpe (born 1956), British author
* Adelbert Delos Thorp ( ...
, including a list of people with the name
Places
England
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Thorpe, Cumbria
Sockbridge and Tirril is a small civil parishes in England, civil parish in Eden, Cumbria, Eden District, Cumbria. It had a population of 397 in 2001, increasing to 415 at the 2011 Census. It comprises the adjoining settlements of Tirril, Sockbr ...
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Thorpe, Derbyshire
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Thorpe, East Lindsey
Elkington is a civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.
It comprises the village of South Elkington, and the hamlets of North Elkington, Boswell, and Thorpe, and is situated approximately north-west from the market ...
, Lincolnshire
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Thorpe, East Riding of Yorkshire
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Thorpe, North Yorkshire
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Thorpe, Nottinghamshire
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Thorpe, Surrey
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Thorpe by Trusthorpe, Lincolnshire
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Thorpe Hamlet
Thorpe Hamlet is a suburb of Norwich, to the east of the city centre, in the Norwich District, in the English county of Norfolk. It was constituted a separate ecclesiastical parish on 9 March 1852, from the civil parish of Old Thorpe, and in 191 ...
, Norwich, Norfolk
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Thorpe Hesley
Thorpe Hesley is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, lying east of the M1 motorway at junction 35. The village has been included within the boundaries of Rotherham town since 1894, having previously b ...
, South Yorkshire
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Thorpe in Balne, South Yorkshire
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Thorpe in the Fallows, Lincolnshire
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Thorpe Latimer, Lincolnshire
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Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex
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Thorpe le Street, East Riding of Yorkshire
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Thorpe on the Hill, Lincolnshire
Thorpe on the Hill is a small village and civil parish in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfol ...
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Thorpe on the Hill, West Yorkshire
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Thorpe St Andrew, Norfolk
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Thorpe St Peter, Lincolnshire
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Thorpe Tilney
Thorpe Tilney is a hamlet in the civil parish of Timberland in the district of North Kesteven, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. The hamlet is located directly south of Timberland, and stretches from Thorpe Tilney on the B1189 eastwards t ...
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Thorpe Waterville
Thorpe Waterville is a village in the English county of Northamptonshire. It is combined with Achurch to form the ecclesiastical parish of 'Thorpe Achurch'; in turn this is added to another combined parish, Lilford-cum-Wigsthorpe, to form t ...
, Northamptonshire
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Thorpe Willoughby
Thorpe Willoughby is a village and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated just off the A1238 (a primary road, previously designated A63 prior to the construction of the Selby Bypass) and is in c ...
, North Yorkshire
Elsewhere
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Thorpe, Missouri
Thorpe is an unincorporated community in Dallas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community lies just north of the Dallas- Webster county line, with Missouri Route W and the Niangua River
The Niangua River is a U.S. Geological Survey. ...
, a community in the United States
See also
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Littlethorpe, Leicestershire
Littlethorpe is a small village approximately south of Leicester, separated from the village of Narborough by the Leicester to Birmingham railway line, and the River Soar of which it is the true discharge.
The village has expanded since ...
, England
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Littlethorpe, North Yorkshire
Littlethorpe is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district, in the English county of North Yorkshire, near the city of Ripon
Ripon () is a cathedral city in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. The city is locat ...
, England
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Little Thorpe
Little Thorpe is a hamlet in County Durham, England. It is situated between Easington and Peterlee.
This small settlement literally derives its name from the fact it is a small village, as "''Thorpe''" is Anglo-Saxon for village.
It seems to ...
, County Durham, England
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Little Thorpe, West Yorkshire
Little is a synonym for small size and may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Little'' (album), 1990 debut album of Vic Chesnutt
* ''Little'' (film), 2019 American comedy film
*The Littles, a series of children's novels by American author John P ...
, a
location
In geography, location or place are used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ...
in England
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Thorpe Park (disambiguation) Thorpe Park is a theme park to the south of London.
Thorpe Park may also refer to:
* Thorpe Park (''The Inbetweeners''), an episode of a British sitcom called The Inbetweeners
* Thorpe Park Leeds, a business park in Leeds
See also
* Thorpe Camp ...
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Dorf (disambiguation)
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Dorp (disambiguation)
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