Thornton in Lonsdale in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Thornton in Lonsdale is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, 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 in Lonsdale 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 Lonsdale.

Listed Buildings Near Thornton in Lonsdale

Historic England records 14 listed buildings within about a mile of Thornton in Lonsdale. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Church of St Oswald - 0.98 km

Grade II

• Trees House - 0.48 km
• Westhouse Lodge Cottage - 0.81 km
• Westhouse Lodge - 0.84 km
• Walled Kitchen Garden to Halsteads - 0.85 km
• Former Cottage to West of Halsteads and Lean to at Rear - 0.86 km
• Halsteads - 0.88 km
• Marton Arms Inn - 0.94 km
• Thornton in Lonsdale War Memorial - 0.95 km
• Hen House - 0.96 km
• Stocks - 0.98 km
• Milestone - 1.08 km
• Boundary Stone About 350 Metres South-west of Westhouse Lodge - 1.16 km
• Lowfields Farmhouse - 1.21 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Ingleton - 2.2 km SE
• Burton in Lonsdale - 2.2 km SW
• Barnoldswick - 2.2 km SW
• Ireby - 2.8 km NW
• Lower Leck - 4.2 km NW
• High and Low Bentham - 5.0 km SW