Thirkleby Manor in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Thirkleby Manor is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Toreshou in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Toreshou
- Cottam
- Cowlam
- Croom [House]
- Helperthorpe
- Kirby [Grindalythe]
- Knapton
- Newton
- Sherburn
- Sledmere
- Thirkleby [Manor]
- Turodebi
- Ulchiltorp
- Weaverthorpe
- [East and West] Lutton
The Meaning of the Name
The name Thirkleby Manor is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word bý, a farmstead or village. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a farmstead’.
Names of this type are a fingerprint of Scandinavian settlement: they cluster across the old Danelaw, where Norse-speaking settlers renamed or founded villages from the late 9th century onward.
The Domesday commissioners of 1086 recorded the place as another Thirkleby Manor - the spelling has shifted over the nine centuries since, as the name passed from Norman scribes through Middle English into its modern form.
Listed Buildings Near Thirkleby Manor
Historic England records 6 listed buildings within about a mile of Thirkleby Manor. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Church of St Mary - 0.87 km
Grade II
- Thirkleby Manor Farmhouse - 0.66 km
- Clara’s Cottage, formerly listed as: White cottage attached to Hawthorn cottage - 0.76 km
- Holly House - 0.76 km
- Church Farmhouse - 0.82 km
- Footbridge, Lychgate and Attached Churchyard Wall to Church of St Mary - 0.88 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Thirkleby Manor
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Thirkleby Manor:
Thirkleby Manor Today
Today Thirkleby Manor lies within the administrative area of Kirby Grindalythe.
Read more about modern Thirkleby on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Thirkleby Manor - 0.0 km N
- East and West Lutton - 1.4 km NE
- Ulchiltorp - 2.2 km NE
- Kirby Grindalythe - 2.2 km SW
- Turodebi - 2.2 km SW
- Linton - 2.8 km NW
Heritage Around another Thirkleby [Manor]
Photographs of churches, listed buildings and monuments in the vicinity, contributed by volunteers to the Geograph project and reused here under a Creative Commons licence.
© Maigheach-gheal · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Charles Rispin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Gordon Hatton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Images © their respective photographers, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and reused here with attribution. Photographs depict listed buildings, churches and monuments near this settlement and may show neighbouring villages.
Data derived from the Open Domesday project (opendomesday.org), based on the Domesday Book dataset compiled by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The Domesday Book (1086) is in the public domain.
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