Thorpe Underwood in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Thorpe Underwood is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey 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 Underwood 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 Underwood.
Listed Buildings Near Thorpe Underwood
Historic England records 6 listed buildings within about a mile of Thorpe Underwood. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Thorpe Underwood Hall - 0.35 km
Grade II
- Monks House - 0.28 km
- Moss Hill Farmhouse - 0.92 km
- Low Farmhouse - 1.03 km
- Farmbuildings Approximately Ten Metres North East of Low Farmhouse - 1.04 km
- Thorpe Hill Farmhouse - 1.1 km
Thorpe Underwood Today
Today Thorpe Underwood lies within the administrative area of Thorpe Underwoods.
Read more about modern Thorpe Underwood on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Thorpe Hill - 1.0 km W
- Elwicks - 2.0 km W
- Whixley - 2.2 km SW
- Little Ouseburn - 2.2 km NW
- Green Hammerton - 2.2 km SW
- Kirby Hall - 2.2 km NW
Heritage Around Thorpe [Underwood]
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
© Bill Henderson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Alan Murray-Rust · 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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