Thornton le Beans in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Thornton le Beans, entered under the hundred of Allerton in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Allerton
- Ainderby [Steeple]
- Appleton [Wiske]
- Arncliffe [Hall]
- Birkby
- Borrowby
- Brompton
- Cowesby
- Crosby [Grange]
- Dale [Town]
- Deighton
- Ellerbeck
- Foxton
- Girsby
- Hawnby
The Meaning of the Name
The name Thornton le Beans 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 le Beans.
Listed Buildings Near Thornton le Beans
Historic England records 3 listed buildings within about a mile of Thornton le Beans. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Hawnby House - 0.09 km
- Chapel of Ease - 0.11 km
- Martins Folly - 0.73 km
Thornton le Beans Today
Today Thornton le Beans lies within the administrative area of Hambleton, and the settlement recorded a population of 236 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-le-Beans on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Thornton le Moor - 2.2 km SW
- Crosby Grange - 2.2 km SE
- North Otterington - 3.2 km W
- Borrowby - 3.2 km E
- Landmoth - 3.6 km NE
- Sowerby under Cotcliffe - 3.6 km NE
Heritage Around Thornton [le Beans]
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.
© David Cowling · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© David Lally · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Mick Garratt · 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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