Thorpe

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

“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; […]”

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