Thirn in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Thirn, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan
- Achebi
- Agglethorpe
- Ainderby [Mires]
- Ainderby [Quernhow]
- Aiskew
- Aldbrough
- Allerthorpe [Hall]
- Ascam
- Ascham
- Asebi
- Aske [Hall]
- Askrigg
- Aysgarth
- Baldersby
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Thirn is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Thirn.
Listed Buildings Near Thirn
Historic England records 9 listed buildings within about a mile of Thirn. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Clifton Castle - 1.26 km
Grade II
- Grange Farm - 0.49 km
- Dovecote and Storage Range Approximately 150 Metres to North West of Clifton Castle - 1.09 km
- Stables Approximately 70 Metres to North-north-west of Clifton Castle - 1.15 km
- Granary and Cartshed Approximately 100 Metres to North West of Clifton Castle - 1.15 km
- Castle Wall Attached to North Corner of Clifton Castle - 1.2 km
- Halfpenny House - 1.25 km
- Gatepiers, Gates and Railings at East Lodge - 1.27 km
- East Lodge (Approximately 600 Metres to East of Clifton Castle) - 1.29 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Thirn
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Thirn:
Thirn Today
Today Thirn lies within the administrative area of Hambleton, and the settlement recorded a population of 82 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 Thirn on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Clifton on Ure - 1.0 km S
- Rookwith - 1.4 km NW
- Thornton Watlass - 2.0 km E
- High and Low Ellington - 2.2 km SW
- Swarthorpe - 2.2 km SW
- Burrill - 2.8 km NE
Heritage Around Thirn
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.
© Martin Dawes · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Maigheach-gheal · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Maigheach-gheal · 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.
Location
54.2645°N, -1.6699°W · Land of Count Alan hundred, Yorkshire
View larger map on OpenStreetMap →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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