Thornsett in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Thornsett is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Blackwell

• Abney
• Ashford [-in-the-Water]
• Aston
• Bakewell
• Bamford
• Baslow
• Beeley
• Birchills
• Birchover
• Blackwell
• Bradwell
• Bubnell
• Burley
• Burton

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Thornsett 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 Thornsett.

Listed Buildings Near Thornsett

Historic England records 11 listed buildings within about a mile of Thornsett. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• 67 and 69, Thornsett - 0.67 km
• Thornsett Hey Farmhouse - 0.7 km
• Farm Buildings to Ollersett Hall Farm - 0.97 km
• Ollersett Hall Farmhouse - 0.97 km
• 31, Batemill Road - 0.99 km
• 3 and 5, Laneside Road - 1.14 km
• The Hare and Hounds Hotel - 1.14 km
• Friend’s Meeting House - 1.19 km
• Laneside Farmhouse - 1.24 km
• Ladyshawe House - 1.27 km
• Former Barn to Number 44 (Ladyshawe House) - 1.27 km

Thornsett Today

Today Thornsett lies within the administrative area of New Mills.

Read more about modern Thornsett on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Hayfield? - 2.2 km NE
• Kinder - 5.1 km E
• Chunal - 5.4 km N
• Chisworth and Higher Chisworth - 5.4 km N
• Ludworth - 5.6 km NW
• Leighton - 6.1 km W