Thorp 895228 134820223 2007-05-31T14:45:22Z Double-Z 1055474 Added Norfolk as county containing many "Thorpes". {{otheruses}} '''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''. {{for|Scandinavian usage|torp}} == See also == *[[Thorpe]] *[[Torp]] {{geo-term-stub}} [[Category:Rural geography]] [[Category:Human habitats]] [[Category: Placename etymologies]]