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Did you know that Thorpe was a place name given by the Vikings for a a settlement or a farm?
12 May 2011
Some places include: Mablethorpe, Moorthorpe and Cleethorpes (if you allow a 's' on the end)
12 May 2011
The old internet filter darling of Scunthorpe...
09 June 2021
Mablethorp
22 November 2021
It’s a Viking end of name thing
22 November 2021
Sheffield has many districts with a ‘Thorpe’ suffix, though I suspect some are modern, in the fashion of Viking place names.:
Grimesthorpe
Arbouthorpe
Owlthorpe
Hackenthorpe
Waterthorpe
Arbourthorpe
Jordanthorpe
Woodthorpe
Netherthorpe
10 January 2022
Sheffield has many districts with a ‘Thorpe’ suffix, though I suspect some are modern, in the fashion of Viking place names.:
Grimesthorpe
Arbouthorpe
Owlthorpe
Hackenthorpe
Waterthorpe
Jordanthorpe
Woodthorpe
Netherthorpe
10 January 2022
Moorthorpe
11 January 2023
Vikings used to call places thorpe if it was where they did Slavic activities
09 June 2023
Joe rowley is cute
09 June 2023
Scunthorpe
13 November 2023
Take the L
13 November 2023
Kingsthorpe, Northampton
06 March 2025
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