Thorpe by Water

Human settlement in England

Rutland

Rutland

Rutland

Region

East Midlands

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Rutland and Melton

List of places: UK; England; Rutland

52°33′32″N 0°41′06″W / 52.559°N 0.685°W / 52.559; -0.685

Thorpe by Water is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population at the 2001 Census was 56. At the 2011 Census the population remained less than 100 and is included in the civil parish of Seaton.

The village's name means 'outlying farm/settlement'. 'By water' refers to the nearby River Welland.^[3]

References

^ "A vision of Britain through time". University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
^ "Rutland Civil Parish Populations" (PDF). Rutland County Council. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
^ "Key to English Place-names".