Thornton Steward appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan

The Meaning of the Name

The name Thornton Steward 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 Steward.

Listed Buildings Near Thornton Steward

Historic England records 5 listed buildings within about a mile of Thornton Steward. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

Church of St Oswald - 0.77 km

Grade II

Manor Farmhouse - 0.38 km
The Old Hall - 0.38 km
The Manse - 0.38 km
Fort Horn - 0.4 km

Thornton Steward Today

Today Thornton Steward lies within the administrative area of North Yorkshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 175 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 Steward on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Hutton Hang - 1.4 km NW
Danby - 2.0 km W
Fingall - 2.2 km NE
Ruswick - 2.8 km NE
Ascam - 3.2 km W
Ascham - 3.2 km W

Heritage Around Thornton [Steward]

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.

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Thornton Steward in the Domesday Book (1086)