Thorpe

See also: thorpe

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈθɔɹp/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈθɔːp/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)p

Proper noun

Thorpe (usually uncountable, plural Thorpes)

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

Derived terms

• Aldringham cum Thorpe
• Burnham Thorpe
• Jim Thorpe
• Lower Thorpe
• Shipton Thorpe, Shiptonthorpe
• Tealby Thorpe
• Thorpe Achurch
• Thorpe Arnold
• Thorpe Audlin
• Thorpe Bay
• Thorpe Constantine
• Thorpe Culvert
• Thorpe-Ingold effect
• Thorpe-le-Soken
• Thorpe Mandeville
• Thorpe Market
• Thorpe Marsh
• Thorpe on the Hill
• Thorpe Park
• Thorpe Satchville
• Thorpe St Andrew
• Thorpe St Peter
• Thorpe Thewles
• Thorpe Tilney
• Thorpe Waterville
• Wycliffe with Thorpe

Anagrams

• Topher, pother, tephro-