Menethorpe

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Menethorpe
Yorkshire
East Riding
Menethorpe - geograph.org.uk - 3405725.jpg
Location
Grid reference: SE768676
Location: 54°5’56"N, 0°49’35"W
Data
Local Government
Council: North Yorkshire

Menethorpe is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It is about two and a half miles from Malton.

In 1931 the parish had a population of 68.

History

The name "Menethorpe" means 'Men(n)ing's outlying farm/settlement'.[1] Menethorpe was recorded in the Domesday Book as Mennistorp.

Menethorpe was formerly a township in the parish of Westow.[2]

The remains of the abandoned mediæval village Menethorpe are visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs.[3]

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