Thornton Riseborough is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Maneshou in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Maneshou

The Meaning of the Name

The name Thornton Riseborough 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 Riseborough.

Listed Buildings Near Thornton Riseborough

Historic England records 1 listed building within about a mile of Thornton Riseborough. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

Milepost - 1.14 km

Thornton Riseborough Today

Today Thornton Riseborough lies within the administrative area of Normanby.

Read more about modern Thornton Riseborough on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Normanby - 1.4 km SW
Marton - 1.4 km NW
Sinnington - 3.0 km N
Great Barugh - 3.0 km S
Salton - 3.6 km SW
Little Edstone - 3.6 km NW

Heritage Around Thornton [Riseborough]

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.

The Gatehouse or Lodge to Riseborough Hall (2006)
© Phil Catterall · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Interesting ruin alongside bridleway (2006)
© Phil Catterall · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

1914 -1918 Memorial (2009)
© 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.

Thornton Riseborough in the Domesday Book (1086)