Thornton le Moor in the Domesday Book (1086)
Thornton le Moor is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, 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 Moor 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 Moor.
Listed Buildings Near Thornton le Moor
Historic England records 7 listed buildings within about a mile of Thornton le Moor. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Laureldene - 0.55 km
- Front Garden Wall to Laureldene - 0.56 km
- Brewery House - 0.66 km
- Gate Piers With Link Walls to Brewery House - 0.68 km
- Ivy House With Attached Wall - 0.76 km
- Former Otterington Railway Station including the station building, signal box, weighbridge office and associated features - 0.76 km
- Otterington Hall - 1.26 km
Thornton le Moor Today
Today Thornton le Moor lies within the administrative area of Hambleton, and the settlement recorded a population of 288 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-Moor on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- South Otterington - 1.4 km SW
- Crosby Grange - 2.0 km E
- North Otterington - 2.2 km NW
- Thornton le Beans - 2.2 km NE
- Solberge - 3.2 km W
- Thornton le Street - 3.6 km SE
Heritage Around Thornton [le Moor]
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 Rogers · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© David Rogers · 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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