Thorp's a Middle English word for a hamlet or small village, from Old English (Anglo-Saxon)/ Old Norse Þorp (also thorp). There're many place names in England with the suffix "-thorp" or "-thorpe". Most are in East Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk but some are in Surrey. Old English (Anglo-Saxon) Þorp (also thorp)'s cognate with German Dorf as in: » Rheindorf the "Village of the river Rhine" and Düsseldorf, the "Village of the river Düssel" and Dutch Dorp… (More on Thorp)