Little Thorpe

Little Thorpe is a hamlet in County Durham, England.[1] It is situated between Easington and Peterlee.

This article is about the hamlet in County Durham. For the settlement in West Yorkshire, see Little Thorpe, West Yorkshire. For Littlethorpe, see Littlethorpe.

This small settlement literally derives its name from the fact it is a small village, as "Thorpe" is Anglo-Saxon for village.

It seems to have been a community that was originally centred on a farmstead, and most of the buildings appear to be in the Elizabethan style, but are more probably Victorian in age.

References
  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 88 Newcastle upon Tyne (Durham & Sunderland) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229989.


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