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Woodthorpe

Woodthorpe proper noun: a settlement in Staveley parish, Chesterfield district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4574).

Proper noun

Woodthorpe (countable and uncountable, plural Woodthorpes)

  1. A settlement in Staveley parish, Chesterfield district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4574).
  2. A hamlet (unparished) south of Loughborough, Charnwood district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK5417).
  3. A hamlet in Strubby with Woodthorpe parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF4380).
  4. A suburb of the City of York, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5749).
  5. A suburb in Gedling, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5844).
  6. A housing estate in Richmond ward, City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK3885).
  7. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Woodthorpe

pluralWoodthorpes

Origin of Woodthorpe

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

Words formed from Woodthorpe

Questions about Woodthorpe

What does Woodthorpe mean?
Woodthorpe means a settlement in Staveley parish, Chesterfield district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4574).
What part of speech is Woodthorpe?
Woodthorpe is a proper noun.

Words near Woodthorpe in the dictionary

  1. woodswallow
  2. woodswallows
  3. woodswoman
  4. woodswomen
  5. woodsy
  6. Woodthorpe
  7. Woodthorpes
  8. woodthrush
  9. woodtick
  10. woodticks
  11. woodturner

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