Thornthorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Thornthorpe is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Acklam in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Acklam
- Acklam
- Barthorpe [Grange]
- Bugthorpe
- Burythorpe
- Eddlethorpe
- Firby
- Fridaythorpe
- Garrowby [Hall]
- Howsham
- Kirby [Underdale]
- Kirkham
- Leavening
- Leppington
- Menethorpe
The Meaning of the Name
The name Thornthorpe is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word þorp, an outlying or secondary farmstead, while the first element appears to represent thorn-bushes. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the thorn-bushes outlying farm’.
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 Thornthorpe.
Listed Buildings Near Thornthorpe
Historic England records 15 listed buildings within about a mile of Thornthorpe. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Thornthorpe Bridge - 0.37 km
- Thornthorpe Manor House - 0.4 km
- Ivy Cottage - 1.07 km
- The Rectory - 1.1 km
- Church of Saint Andrew - 1.13 km
- Green Farmhouse - 1.15 km
- Town Farm Barn Implement Shed - 1.17 km
- Pair of Cottages Immediately East of Green Farm - 1.18 km
- Town Farmhouse - 1.19 km
- Town Farm Stables - 1.19 km
- Post Cottage - 1.2 km
- Carriers Farmhouse - 1.22 km
- K6 Telephone Kiosk - 1.23 km
- Milestone Cottage - 1.24 km
- Ray Cottage - 1.25 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Thornthorpe
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Thornthorpe:
- Hedon Howe tumulus - 0.96 km
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Langton - 1.0 km E
- Kennythorpe - 1.0 km S
- Eddlethorpe - 1.4 km SW
- Low Hutton - 2.0 km W
- Menethorpe - 2.0 km W
- Welham - 2.0 km N
Heritage Around Thornthorpe
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.
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© Matthew Hatton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Peter Church · 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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