{{Short description|Village in Rutland, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |country =England |official_name =Thorpe by Water |region=East Midlands |static_image_name=Entrance to Thorpe by Water - geograph.org.uk - 260799.jpg |static_image_caption=Entrance to Thorpe by Water |area_footnotes=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_AREA_A&u_id=10148285&c_id=10001043&add=Y |title=A vision of Britain through time |accessdate=21 March 2009 |publisher=University of Portsmouth}}</ref> |area_total_sq_mi =1.08 | population = 56 | population_ref = 2001 Census<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rutland.gov.uk/ppimageupload/Image27657.PDF |title=Rutland Civil Parish Populations |accessdate=21 March 2009 |publisher=Rutland County Council |date=2001 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012204902/http://www.rutland.gov.uk/ppimageupload/Image27657.PDF |archivedate=12 October 2007 }}</ref> |population_density={{convert|52|/sqmi|/km2|abbr=on}} |os_grid_reference=SP892965 |coordinates = {{coord|52.559|-0.685|display=inline,title}} |post_town=OAKHAM |postcode_district =LE15 |postcode_area=LE |dial_code=01572 |constituency_westminster=Rutland and Stamford |london_distance={{convert|77|mi}} SSE |unitary_england=Rutland |lieutenancy_england=Rutland |shire_county=Rutland |website= }} '''Thorpe by Water''' is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population at the 2001 Census was 56. At the 2011 Census the population remained less than 100 and is included in the civil parish of Seaton.
The village's name means 'outlying farm/settlement'. 'By water' refers to the nearby River Welland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Rutland/Thorpe%20by%20Water |title = Key to English Place-names}}</ref>
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Category:Villages in Rutland Category:Civil parishes in Rutland
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