Etymology

Woodthorpe

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Today it means: A settlement in Staveley parish, Chesterfield district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4574). Full definition →

Old English wudu
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromwudu“wood”
  2. English todayWoodthorpe

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + þorp (“village”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwudu all →

WoodstockWoodburyWoodfordLynnwoodLinwoodWoottonWoodleyLynwoodWoodallWottonWoodhallCalderwoodWoodhurstChetwodeWoodhatch

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.