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Thorpe
//ˈθɔɹp// name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A common habitational surname from Old English. uncountable, usually
- 2 Any of many placenames in England:; A settlement in Sockbridge and Tirril parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district. (OS grid ref NY4926). uncountable, usually
- 3 Any of many placenames in England:; A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1550). uncountable, usually
- 4 Any of many placenames in England:; A hamlet in Lockington parish, East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE9946). uncountable, usually
- 5 Any of many placenames in England:; A hamlet in Mablethorpe and Sutton parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF4982). uncountable, usually
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- 6 Any of many placenames in England:; A small village in Haddiscoe parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM4398). uncountable, usually
- 7 Any of many placenames in England:; Synonym of Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk. uncountable, usually
- 8 Any of many placenames in England:; A small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SE0161). uncountable, usually
- 9 Any of many placenames in England:; A small village and civil parish (served by East Stoke with Thorpe Parish Council) in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7649). uncountable, usually
- 10 Any of many placenames in England:; A village in Runnymede borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0268). uncountable, usually
- 11 An unincorporated community in Dallas County, Missouri, United States. uncountable, usually
Noun
- 1 Obsolete spelling of thorp (“village”). alt-of, obsolete
"A plague upon the people fell, / A famine after laid them low, / Then thorpe and byre arose in fire, / For on them brake the sudden foe; […]"
Etymology
Various places in England, from Old English þorp. See also thorpe.
See also for "thorpe"
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