Thorpe Hill in the Domesday Book (1086)
Thorpe Hill appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Burghshire
- Addlethorpe
- Aismunderby
- Aldfield
- Allerton [Mauleverer]
- Arkendale
- Askwith
- Azerley
- Barrowby [Grange]
- Beckwith [House]
- Besthaim
- Bestham
- Bewerley
- Bilton
- Birstwith
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 12 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 II*
- Thorpe Underwood Hall - 0.76 km
Grade II
- Thorpe Hill Farmhouse - 0.35 km
- Monks House - 0.72 km
- Boundary Stone - 0.92 km
- Boundary Stone - 1.02 km
- Boundary Stone - 1.03 km
- Farmbuildings Approximately Eighteen Metres South East of Kirby Hall Farmhouse - 1.09 km
- Foldyard Approximately Twelve Metres South West of Kirby Hall Farmhouse - 1.12 km
- Kirby Hall Farmhouse - 1.13 km
- Low Farmhouse - 1.21 km
- Garden Walls and Attached Hothouses Approximately Two Hundred Metres South of Kirby Hall - 1.22 km
- Farmbuildings Approximately Ten Metres North East of Low Farmhouse - 1.23 km
Thorpe Hill Today
Today Thorpe Hill lies within the administrative area of Harrogate, and the settlement recorded a population of 817 at the 2021 census. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Thorpe Underwood - 1.0 km E
- Elwicks - 1.0 km W
- Whixley - 1.4 km SW
- Little Ouseburn - 1.4 km NW
- Kirby Hall - 2.0 km N
- Green Hammerton - 2.0 km S
Heritage Around Thorpe [Hill]
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.
© Bill Henderson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Alan Murray-Rust · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Gordon Hatton · 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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