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'''Thorp''' is a [[Middle English]] word for a [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]] or small [[village]], from [[Old English language|Old English (Anglo-Saxon)]]/ Old Norse Þorp (also thorp). There are many place names in [[England]] with the [[suffix]] "-thorp" or "-thorpe". Most are in [[East Yorkshire]], [[Lincolnshire]] and [[Norfolk]] but some are in [[Surrey]].
[[Old English language|Old English (Anglo-Saxon)]] Þorp (also thorp) is cognate with German ''Dorf'' as in:
:[[Rheindorf]] the "Village of Rhein river" and
:[[Düsseldorf]], the "Village of river Düssel"
and [[Dutch language|Dutch]] ''Dorp''.
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== See also ==
*[[Thorpe]]
*[[Torp]]
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