Throapham in the Domesday Book (1086)
Throapham is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Strafforth
- Adwick [le Street]
- Adwick [upon Dearne]
- Armthorpe
- Aston
- Attercliffe
- Auckley
- Aughton [Hall]
- Austerfield
- Balby
- Barnbrough
- Barnby [Dun]
- Bentley
- Bilham [House]
- Billingley
The Meaning of the Name
The name Throapham is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word hām, a homestead or village. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a homestead’.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Throapham.
Listed Buildings Near Throapham
Historic England records 9 listed buildings within about a mile of Throapham. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade I
- Church of St John - 1.14 km
Grade II*
- Dinnington Hall - 0.79 km
Grade II
- Limelands - 0.59 km
- Hall Farmhouse and Attached Farmbuildings Under Same Roof - 0.59 km
- Remains of cross situated opposite Falcon Court at the junction to Church Lane - 0.63 km
- 4, Laughton Road - 0.66 km
- Number 1 and Attached Wall Enclosing Courtyard (Premises of Hall Court Veterinary Group) - 0.74 km
- Gate Piers and Attached Wall to Front of Throapham House - 0.78 km
- Throapham House - 0.79 km
Throapham Today
Today Throapham lies within the administrative area of Dinnington St. John’s.
Read more about modern Throapham on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Dinnington - 1.0 km S
- North Anston - 2.0 km S
- Laughton en le Morthen - 2.2 km NW
- Slade Hooton - 3.0 km N
- South Anston - 3.2 km S
- Todwick - 3.6 km SW
Heritage Around Throapham
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.
© Steve Fareham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Richard Croft · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Steve Fareham · 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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