Thornborough in the Domesday Book (1086)

Thornborough appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, 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 Thornborough is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word burh, a fortified place, while the first element appears to represent thorn-bushes. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the thorn-bushes stronghold’.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Thornborough.

Listed Buildings Near Thornborough

Historic England records 12 listed buildings within about a mile of Thornborough. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Church of St Martin - 1.14 km
• Chapel of St Mary Attached to the Mansion - 1.26 km

Grade II

• Arched Entrance to Jetty or Boathouse on Lower Fish Pond South Side - 0.99 km
• Boathouse on Island of Lower Fish Pond - 1.01 km
• Bridge Over Path to Pleasure Grounds - 1.13 km
• Dovecote attached to the north of The Stables - 1.15 km
• The Stables - 1.16 km
• Church Yard Wall and Piers, Church of St Martins - 1.16 km
• Summerhouse and Attached Archway Approximately 100 Metres North East of Mansion House - 1.16 km
• Bridge Between Middle and Lower Fish Pond - 1.16 km
• Icehouse - 1.21 km
• South Lodge and Attached Park Gate - 1.24 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:

• Allerton Mauleverer - 1.4 km SW
• Cadretone - 1.4 km SW
• Whixley - 2.0 km E
• Hopperton - 2.0 km S
• Elwicks - 2.2 km NE
• Little Ouseburn - 2.8 km NE