Thorpe Hill in the Domesday Book (1086)

Thorpe Hill appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Bulford

• Aldwark
• Alne
• Barnby [House]
• Barton [le Willows]
• Beningbrough
• Bossall
• Brafferton
• Brandsby
• Bulmer
• Buttercrambe
• Carlton [Farm]
• Claxton
• Coneysthorpe
• Corburn

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Thorpe Hill 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 Hill.

Listed Buildings Near Thorpe Hill

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

Grade I

• Church of St Botolph - 1.29 km

Grade II

• Wood House - 0.19 km
• Sinkinson House Farmhouse - 0.85 km
• Bossall Hall - 1.24 km
• Mount Pleasant Farmhouse - 1.3 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Thorpe Hill

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Thorpe Hill:

• Bossall Hall: a quadrangular castle - 1.24 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Bossall - 1.0 km N
• Barnby House - 1.4 km NE
• Scrayingham - 2.2 km NE
• Sand Hutton - 2.2 km SW
• Buttercrambe - 2.2 km SE
• Claxton - 2.2 km NW