Thrupp, a variant of the Middle English word ''
thorp
''Thorp'' is a Middle English word for a hamlet or small village.
Etymology
The name can either come from Old Norse ''þorp'' (also ''thorp''), or from Old English (Anglo-Saxon) ''þrop''. There are many place names in England with the suff ...
'', meaning hamlet or small village, and may refer to:
People
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Arthur Thomas Thrupp (1828–1889), English Royal Navy officer
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Darren Thrupp
Darren Brian Thrupp, OAM (born 6 December 1966) is an Australian Paralympic athlete competing mainly in category T37 sprint events. He has won nine medals at six Paralympics.
Biography
Thrupp was born in the Queensland town of Kilcoy. He acqu ...
(born 1966), Australian Paralympic athlete
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Dorothy Ann Thrupp (1779–1847), English writer
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Frederick Thrupp (1812–1895), English sculptor
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George Athelstane Thrupp (1822–1905), English coach builder
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John Thrupp (1817–1870), English historian
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Joseph Francis Thrupp (1827–1867), an English churchman and academic
Places in the United Kingdom
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Thrupp, Gloucestershire, a village and civil parish in Stroud District
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Thrupp, Oxfordshire
Thrupp is a hamlet just north of Kidlington in Oxfordshire. It is beside the Oxford Canal and close to the River Cherwell.
History
Before the Norman conquest of England in 1066 Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury held the manor of Thrupp. In ...
, a hamlet near Kidlington in Cherwell District
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