Thorpe Hesley
Thorp a common name, from Old Scandinavian. thorp ‘outlying farmstead or hamlet, dependent secondary settlement Source A Dictionary of British Place-Names in Names & PlacesHistory
Described in the late 1800's as an old village 6 miles from Sheffield, is noted for the manufacture of nails. In the township of Wentworth, except a small part which is in Kimberworth township. It has a neat church, built in 1837 chiefly at the cost of Earl Fitzwilliam and the late Earl of Effingham. The perpetual curacy valued at £19 is vested with trustees, now in the incumbency of Rev. D. Travers. Here is a school with a small endowment; and in the village is a Wesleyan Chapel.
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