Thorner in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Thorner, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Skyrack
- Adel
- Allerton [Bywater]
- Alwoodley
- Arthington
- Austhorpe
- Baildon
- Bardsey
- Barwick [in Elmet]
- Bichertun
- Bicherun
- Bingley
- Birkby [Hill]
- Bramhope
- Burden [Head]
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Thorner 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 Thorner.
Listed Buildings Near Thorner
Historic England records 34 listed buildings within about a mile of Thorner. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Thorner Methodist Church and Attached Sunday School - 0.09 km
- 20 and 22, Main Street - 0.19 km
- 30, Main Street - 0.19 km
- 28, Main Street - 0.2 km
- 26, Main Street - 0.2 km
- Large Aisled Barn at Manor Farm - 0.22 km
- 23, Main Street - 0.22 km
- The Laurels - 0.23 km
- 35, Main Street - 0.23 km
- Mexborough Farm Barn and Attached Outbuilding - 0.24 km
- 39, Main Street - 0.24 km
- 6, Main Street - 0.25 km
- Kenilworth Cottage - 0.27 km
- Windsor House - 0.28 km
- 59, Main Street - 0.28 km
- Garden Wall to Front of Number 66 - 0.28 km
- 68 and 70, Main Street - 0.3 km
- 72, Main Street - 0.31 km
- 65, Main Street - 0.33 km
- Cross Base and Shaft Approximately 20 Metres North West of Butts Garth House - 0.33 km
- Clairville - 0.35 km
- Grave Slab in the Angle With the Tower and South West Aisle of Church of St Peter - 0.37 km
- Stream Cottage - 0.39 km
- Church of St Peter - 0.39 km
…and 10 more listed structures in the area.
Thorner Today
Today Thorner lies within the administrative area of Leeds, and the settlement recorded a population of 1,634 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 Thorner on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Wheatcroft - 0.0 km N
- Birkby Hill - 2.2 km SW
- Kiddal Hall - 2.2 km SE
- East Rigton - 3.0 km N
- Shadwell - 3.2 km W
- Bardsey - 3.2 km N
Heritage Around Thorner
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.
© Betty Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Betty Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Bill Henderson · 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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