THORPE, a parish in the southern division of the wapentake of RUSHCLIFFE, county of NOTTINGHAM, 6 miles (N. E.) from Loughborough, containing 33 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Nottingham, and diocese of York, rated in the Icing's books at £12. 9. 4., and in the patronage of Lord Rancliffe. The church has been destroyed.