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Thornton in Lonsdale in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Thornton in Lonsdale is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The name Thornton in Lonsdale is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent thorn-bushes. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the thorn-bushes farmstead’.

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Thornton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Thornton, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The name Thornton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent thorn-bushes. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the thorn-bushes farmstead’.

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Thornton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Thornton, entered under the hundred of Cave in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Cave

The Meaning of the Name

The name Thornton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent thorn-bushes. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the thorn-bushes farmstead’.

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Thornton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Thornton, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Langbaurgh

The Meaning of the Name

The name Thornton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent thorn-bushes. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the thorn-bushes farmstead’.

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Thornton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Thornton, entered under the hundred of Morley in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Morley

The Meaning of the Name

The name Thornton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent thorn-bushes. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the thorn-bushes farmstead’.

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Thornton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Thornton, entered under the hundred of [West] Derby in Cheshire. The survey assessed Thornton at 0.1 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Thornton supported a recorded population of 2 freemanmen.

The survey records Thornton’s value at 7d in 1086. No pre-Conquest figure survives – not unusual in the North, where records were disrupted by the Harrying and by the patchy coverage of the survey.

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Thornton le Beans in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Thornton le Beans, entered under the hundred of Allerton in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Allerton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Thornton le Beans is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent thorn-bushes. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the thorn-bushes farmstead’.

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Thornton le Clay in the Domesday Book (1086)

Thornton le Clay appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Bulford

The Meaning of the Name

The name Thornton le Clay is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent thorn-bushes. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the thorn-bushes farmstead’.

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Thornton le Moor in the Domesday Book (1086)

Thornton le Moor is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Allerton in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Allerton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Thornton le Moor is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent thorn-bushes. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the thorn-bushes farmstead’.

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