noun

• A village or hamlet.

  ‘Althorpe’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The lesser topographical names like thorpe, and in Norwegian-dominated areas thwaite, were marginal settlements and clearings.’
  • ‘The most obvious evidence of a Scandinavian presence is preserved in place names, notably those ending in by or thorpe.’
  • ‘Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and to a lesser extent East Anglia, are full of place-names ending in by, thorp, and other Scandinavian elements.’