| Little Thorpe | |
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  Little Thorpe Location withinCounty Durham | |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Durham |
| Fire | County Durham and Darlington |
| Ambulance | North East |
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Little Thorpe is a hamlet in thecivil parish ofEasington Village, inCounty Durham, England.[1] It is situated betweenEasington andPeterlee.
This small settlement literally derives its name from the fact it is a small village, as "Thorpe" isAnglo-Saxon for village.
It seems to have been a community that was originally centred on afarmstead, and most of the buildings appear to be in theElizabethan style, but are more probablyVictorian in age.[citation needed]
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