Thorganby in the Domesday Book (1086)
Thorganby is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Howden in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Howden
- Asselby
- Babthorpe
- Barlby
- Barmby [on the Marsh]
- Barnhill [Hall]
- Belby [House]
- Bowthorpe
- Brackenholme
- Burland [House]
- Cavil
- Cliffe
- Cotness [Hall]
- Eastrington
- Hagthorpe
The Meaning of the Name
The name Thorganby 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.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Thorganby.
Listed Buildings Near Thorganby
Historic England records 10 listed buildings within about a mile of Thorganby. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade I
- Church of St Helen - 0.39 km
Grade II
- Hedley House - 0.34 km
- Gates, piers and wall to Thorganby Hall approximately 5 metres to north of house - 0.39 km
- Thorganby Hall - 0.4 km
- Gates and Piers to Stableyard at Thorganby Hall Approximately Fifteen Metres to North East of House - 0.42 km
- Coach House Hayloft and Dovecote to Thorangby Hall - 0.43 km
- Stables to Thorganby Hall - 0.44 km
- Yew Tree Farm - 0.45 km
- Thorganby House - 0.55 km
- West Cottingwith Hall - 1.0 km
Thorganby Today
Today Thorganby lies within the administrative area of Selby, and the settlement recorded a population of 387 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 Thorganby on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- West Cottingwith - 1.0 km E
- East Cottingwith - 2.2 km NE
- Ellerton - 2.8 km SE
- Wheldrake - 3.0 km N
- Skipwith - 3.6 km SW
- Aughton - 3.6 km SE
Heritage Around Thorganby
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.
© Ian S · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Glyn Drury · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Simon Huguet · 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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