The settlement of Thorpe on the Hill is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Morley in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Morley

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Thorpe on the 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 on the Hill.

Listed Buildings Near Thorpe on the Hill

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

Grade II*

Thorpe Hall - 0.54 km

Thorpe on the Hill Today

Today Thorpe on the Hill lies within the administrative area of Leeds.

Read more about modern Thorpe on the Hill on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

East Ardsley - 1.4 km SW
Lofthouse - 2.0 km E
Carlton - 2.2 km NE
Middleton - 2.2 km NW
West Ardsley - 3.2 km W
Rothwell - 3.6 km NE

Heritage Around Thorpe [on the 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.

East Ardsley War Memorial - St Michael's Churchyard, Church Street (2008)
© Betty Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

War Memorial at St. Anne's Church Wrenthorpe (2006)
© Alan Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Tingley Methodist Church War Memorial - Westerton Road (2008)
© Betty Longbottom · 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.

Thorpe on the Hill in the Domesday Book (1086)