Torp in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Torp is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan
- Achebi
- Agglethorpe
- Ainderby [Mires]
- Ainderby [Quernhow]
- Aiskew
- Aldbrough
- Allerthorpe [Hall]
- Ascam
- Ascham
- Asebi
- Aske [Hall]
- Askrigg
- Aysgarth
- Baldersby
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Torp 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 Torp.
Listed Buildings Near Torp
Historic England records 8 listed buildings within about a mile of Torp. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Church of All Saints - 0.3 km
Grade II
- Norton House - 0.2 km
- Medieval Cross Approximately 15 Metres to South of South Porch of the Church of All Saints - 0.27 km
- Tombstone to Elizabeth Squire Apprximately 10 Metres to South West of South Porch of the Church of All Saints - 0.27 km
- Church House - 0.3 km
- Dovecote Approximately 20 Metres to South East of the Old Rectory - 0.33 km
- The Old Vicarage - 0.34 km
- Holme Lodge - 1.24 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Torp
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Torp:
- Money Hill motte and bailey castle - 0.27 km
Torp Today
Today Torp lies within the administrative area of Hambleton, and the settlement recorded a population of 415 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:
- Pickhill - 0.0 km N
- Holme - 1.4 km SE
- Sinderby - 2.0 km S
- Low Swainby - 2.2 km NW
- Seuenetorp - 2.2 km NW
- Maunby - 3.0 km N
Heritage Around Torp
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.
© Chris Heaton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Chris Heaton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© David Rogers · 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.
Location
54.2458°N, -1.4705°W · Land of Count Alan hundred, Yorkshire
View larger map on OpenStreetMap →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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