Littlethorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Littlethorpe, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Burghshire
- Addlethorpe
- Aismunderby
- Aldfield
- Allerton [Mauleverer]
- Arkendale
- Askwith
- Azerley
- Barrowby [Grange]
- Beckwith [House]
- Besthaim
- Bestham
- Bewerley
- Bilton
- Birstwith
The Meaning of the Name
The name Littlethorpe is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word þorp, an outlying or secondary farmstead, while the first element appears to represent the lesser. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the lesser outlying farm’.
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.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Littlethorpe.
Listed Buildings Near Littlethorpe
Historic England records 9 listed buildings within about a mile of Littlethorpe. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Gates, Gate Piers and Boundary Wall to Manor House - 0.17 km
- Manor House - 0.19 km
- Church of Saint Michael - 0.28 km
- Littlethorpe House - 0.4 km
- Boundary Wall With Piers, Gates and Railings on West Side of Littlethorpe House - 0.43 km
- Hewick Bridge Over River Ure - 0.96 km
- Lock House - 0.97 km
- Pendle House - 1.06 km
- Thorpe Lodge - 1.23 km
Littlethorpe Today
Today Littlethorpe lies within the administrative area of Harrogate, and the settlement recorded a population of 584 at the 2021 census. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.
Read more about modern Littlethorpe on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Givendale - 1.0 km E
- Copt Hewick - 1.4 km NE
- Suthauuic - 1.4 km NE
- Sutheuuic - 1.4 km NE
- Hashundebi - 2.0 km N
- Aismunderby - 2.2 km SW
Heritage Around [Little]thorpe
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.
© Gordon Hatton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Gordon Hatton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Rich Tea · 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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