Thorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)
Thorpe is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Hamston in Derbyshire.
Other Settlements in Hamston
- Alsop [-en-le-Dale]
- Ashbourne
- Atlow
- Ballidon
- Bonsall
- Bradbourne
- Brassington
- Broadlowash
- Callow
- Carsington
- Cowley
- Cromford
- Elton
- Hanson [Grange]
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Thorpe is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Thorpe.
Listed Buildings Near Thorpe
Historic England records 10 listed buildings within about a mile of Thorpe. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade I
- Church of St Leonard - 0.3 km
Grade II
- Thorpe House - 0.12 km
- Green Croft Green Gables Green Lea - 0.12 km
- Thorpe Cottage - 0.15 km
- The Old House - 0.28 km
- Sundial in Churchyard, 10 Yards South of South Porch - 0.32 km
- Milestone at Ngr 150 497 - 0.93 km
- St Marys Bridge (East) - 0.96 km
- Coldwall Bridge - 0.99 km
- St Marys Bridge (West) - 1.0 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Thorpe
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Thorpe:
Thorpe Today
Today Thorpe lies within the administrative area of Derbyshire Dales, and the settlement recorded a population of 139 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 Thorpe on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Broadlowash - 0.0 km N
- Fenny Bentley - 2.0 km E
- Tissington - 2.8 km NE
- Newton Grange - 3.2 km N
- Hanson Grange - 3.2 km N
- Mapleton - 3.2 km S
Heritage Around Thorpe
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.
© John H Darch · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Nikki Mahadevan · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Dennis Thorley · 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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