- Thorpe
Thorpe is a variant of the
Middle English word "thorp ", meaning hamlet or smallvillage . It may also refer to one of the following:Places in England
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South Thorpe, County Durham
*Thorpe, Cumbria
*Thorpe, Derbyshire
*Thorpe, East Riding of Yorkshire
*Thorpe, Lincolnshire
*Thorpe, Nottinghamshire
*Thorpe, Norfolk
*Thorpe, North Yorkshire
*Thorpe, Surrey
**Thorpe Park
*Thorpe le Street , East Riding of Yorkshire
*Thorpe-le-Soken , Essex
*Thorpe Willoughby , North YorkshirePeople
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Adam Thorpe , British author
*Billy Thorpe , rock'n'roll musician
*Chris Thorpe , U.S. luge Olympian athlete
*Chris Thorpe (playwright) , British playwright
*David Thorpe (artist) , b. 1972, an English artist
*David Thorpe (writer) , music writer and columnist
*David Thorpe (footballer) , winner of the 1968 Charles Sutton Medal
*David Thorpe (comics) , one of the creators of the Crazy Gang (Marvel Comics)
*David Thorpe (motorcyclist) , 500cc Motocross World Champion in 1985, 1986 and 1989
*Graham Thorpe , English cricketer
*Ian Thorpe , Australian swimmer
*Jeremy Thorpe , former UK Liberal Party leader
*Jim Thorpe , famous 20th century U.S. athlete
*Jocelyn Field Thorpe (1872-1939), British chemist
*John Thorpe (1565-1655), English architect
*Kay Thorpe , Romantic Novelist
*Richard Thorpe , American film director
*Thomas Thorpe , Elizabethan publisher of Shakespeare's Sonnets
*Thomas Edward Thorpe (1845- 1925), British chemist
*William Thorpe , 15th century Lollard
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