Gawthorpe Family History
Gawthorpe Name Meaning
from any of several places called Gawthorpe in Yorks and Lancs including Gawthorpe in Osset Gawthorpe in Lepton a lost Gawthorpe Hall in Harewood (WR Yorks) Gowthorpe in Bishop Wilton (ER Yorks) and Gawthorpe Hall in Hagergham Eaves (Lancs) all earlier recorded as Goukthorpe. See
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016