Barkby Thorpe

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| shire_district = Charnwood

| shire_county = Leicestershire

| constituency_westminster = Mid Leicestershire

| coordinates = {{coord|52.676|N|1.062|W}}

| region = East Midlands

| civil_parish = Barkby Thorpe

| static_image_name = Welcome to Barkby Thorpe - geograph.org.uk - 497106.jpg

| population = 50

| postcode_district = LE7

| postcode_area = LE

| post_town = Leicester

}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}

Barkby Thorpe is a hamlet and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. The hamlet has a population of around 50, and is close to the Leicester urban sprawl in Thurmaston. Nearby villages are Barkby, Beeby, Hamilton, Hamilton Lea and the abandoned village of Hamilton.

The name Barkby has an Old Norse origin meaning "Barki's farm/settlement".{{cite web|last1=Institute of Name-Studies|title=Barkby|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Leicestershire/Barkby|website=Key to English Place-names|accessdate=26 February 2015|archive-date=26 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226212655/http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Leicestershire/Barkby|url-status=live}}