Thornton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Thornton, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

• Aighton
• Aldcliffe
• Aldingham
• Arkholme
• Aschebi
• Ashton [Hall]
• Ashton [on Ribble]
• Austwick
• Barbon
• Bardsea
• Bare
• Barnoldswick
• Barton
• Beetham

The Meaning of the Name

The name Thornton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent thorn-bushes. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the thorn-bushes farmstead’.

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

Listed Buildings Near Thornton

Historic England records 7 listed buildings within about a mile of Thornton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Marsh Mill - 0.08 km

Grade II

• Thornton Cleveleys War Memorial - 0.28 km
• Trunnah Farmhouse - 0.52 km
• Marsh Farmhouse - 0.59 km
• Sacred Heart Catholic Church - 0.83 km
• Calf Heys - 0.84 km
• Poolfoot Cottage - 0.93 km

Thornton Today

Today Thornton lies within the administrative area of Wyre.

Read more about modern Thornton on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Rossall - 2.8 km NW
• Burn Hall - 3.0 km N
• Bispham - 3.6 km SW
• Hambleton - 4.0 km E
• Carleton and Little Carleton - 4.0 km S
• Singleton and Little Singleton - 5.0 km SE