Barkby Thorpe

Barkby Thorpe
Barkby Thorpe
	Barkby Thorpe Location within Leicestershire
Population	50
Civil parish	Barkby Thorpe;
District	Charnwood;
Shire county	Leicestershire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Leicester
Postcode district	LE7
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Charnwood;
	List of places UK England Leicestershire 52°40′34″N 1°03′43″W / 52.676°N 1.062°W

Barkby Thorpe is a hamlet and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. The hamlet has a population of around 50, and is close to the Leicester urban sprawl in Thurmaston. Nearby villages are Barkby, Beeby, Hamilton, Hamilton Lea and the abandoned village of Hamilton.

The name Barkby has an Old Norse origin meaning "Barki's farm/settlement".^[1]

References

^ Institute of Name-Studies. "Barkby". Key to English Place-names. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.

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v t e Towns and villages of the Borough of Charnwood
Towns	Loughborough Shepshed Syston
Large villages	Anstey Barrow upon Soar Birstall East Goscote Mountsorrel Quorn Rothley Sileby Thurmaston
Small villages	Barkby Beeby Burton on the Wolds Cossington Cropston Hamilton Lea Hathern Hoton Newtown Linford Queniborough Ratcliffe on the Wreake Rearsby Seagrave South Croxton Swithland Thrussington Thurcaston Ulverscroft Walton on the Wolds Wanlip Woodhouse Woodhouse Eaves Wymeswold
Hamlets	Barkby Thorpe Cotes Prestwold