Another view of Roseberry Topping, this time from Pinchinthorp on the Great Ayton to Guisborough Road. Pinchinthorp is an ancient township, the name deriving from Pincium, or Pinchun, a Norman family who held land here in the 12th century. To describe Pinchinthorp today as a hamlet is a bit of an overstatement.
Roseberry from Pinchinthorp
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2 responses to “Roseberry from Pinchinthorp”
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Mic, is “Topping” a local or regional name around here for little, isolated hills or tors ? I’m asking because there’s another one, isn’t there, a bit further south called Blakey Topping. It’s far smaller than Roseberry and it’s the only other one that I know of.
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Hi Russ, it comes from Old Norse toppinn meaning a hill top. Roseberry is also Norse probably Othenesberg or Odin’s Hill.
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