Thornton in Craven in the Domesday Book (1086)
Thornton in Craven appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Craven
- Addingham
- Airton
- Anley
- Appletreewick
- Arncliffe
- Arnford
- Barnoldswick
- Bashall [Eaves]
- Battersby [Barn]
- Beamsley
- Birkby [Hall]
- Bogeuurde
- Bolton [Abbey]
- Bolton [by Bowland]
The Meaning of the Name
The name Thornton in Craven 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 in Craven.
Listed Buildings Near Thornton in Craven
Historic England records 16 listed buildings within about a mile of Thornton in Craven. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade I
- Church of St Mary - 0.45 km
Grade II
- The Grange - 0.04 km
- K6 Telephone Kiosk - 0.04 km
- Stocks - 0.06 km
- Brown Croft Forge Cottage - 0.08 km
- Elm Tree House - 0.12 km
- Thornton Hall Farmhouse - 0.16 km
- Thornton House - 0.17 km
- Bells Farmhouse - 0.2 km
- The Almshouses - 0.27 km
- Throstle Nest and The Rookery - 0.3 km
- Milestone at Sd 90874862 by Cam Lane Turn - 0.3 km
- Church Well - 0.49 km
- Nutter Cote - 0.99 km
- Leeds and Liverpool Canal, South Field Bridge - 1.16 km
- Brown House Farmhouse and Attached Barn - 1.19 km
Thornton in Craven Today
Today Thornton in Craven lies within the administrative area of Craven, and the settlement recorded a population of 447 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 Thornton-in-Craven on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Earby - 2.0 km S
- East and West Marton - 2.2 km NW
- Elslack - 3.2 km E
- Barnoldswick - 3.6 km SW
- Bracewell - 4.0 km W
- Kelbrook - 4.0 km S
Heritage Around Thornton [in Craven]
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.
© Alexander P Kapp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Dr Neil Clifton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Dr Neil Clifton · 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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