Thornton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Langbaurgh

• Acklam
• Airy [Holme]
• Aislaby
• Arnodestorp
• Baldebi
• Barnaby
• Barwick
• Battersby
• Bergolbi
• Berguluesbi
• Blaten [Carr]
• Borrowby
• Breck
• Brotton

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 21 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*

• Church of St. Peter and St. Paul - 0.72 km

Grade II

• Thornton Grange - 0.28 km
• Low Farmhouse 2 Farm Cottages and Adjoining Outbuildings - 0.38 km
• Walls, Gates and Gatepiers to Garden of no 15 - 0.58 km
• Corney (Or Corner) Tombstone, 7M. West of Church of St. Peter and St. Paul - 0.69 km
• Stainton House - 0.71 km
• Coffin, One M.south of Chancel of Church of St. Peter and St. Paul - 0.72 km
• Rennison Tombstone, 3M South of Chancel of Church of St. Peter and St. Paul - 0.72 km
• Boundary Wall, Gates and Gatepiers of Church of St. Peter and St. Paul - 0.72 km
• Burdon Table Tomb, 4M East of Chancel of Church of St. Peter and St. Paul - 0.73 km
• Church View - 0.75 km
• The Stainton Public House - 0.78 km
• The Garth - 0.79 km
• White House - 0.8 km
• Maltby Farmhouse - 0.81 km
• Memorial Hall - 0.83 km
• Barn to North of Maltby Grange - 0.98 km
• Maltby Grange - 0.99 km
• Homefield Farmhouse - 1.15 km
• Stainton Vale Farmhouse - 1.21 km
• Pair of Dovecotes and Linking Outhouse, C.20m North-west of Stainton Vale Farmhouse - 1.24 km

Thornton Today

Today Thornton lies within the administrative area of Stainton and Thornton.

Read more about modern Thornton on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Maltby - 1.0 km W
• Stainton - 1.4 km NE
• Hilton - 2.2 km SW
• Stainsby Hall - 2.2 km NW
• Coulby - 3.0 km E
• Hemlington - 3.2 km E