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 Sneculfcros in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Sneculfcros
- Aike
- Beswick
- Beverley
- Bracken
- Dunnington
- Etton
- Gardham
- Grimston
- Holme [on the Wolds]
- Ianulfestorp
- Kilnwick
- Leconfield
- Lockington
- Middleton [on the Wolds]
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 16 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 St Mary - 0.48 km
Grade II
- Former Stable Block to Low Hall - 0.37 km
- Gatepiers, Screen Walls and Pavilions at Low Hall - 0.37 km
- Low Hall - 0.4 km
- St Mary’s House - 0.43 km
- Church Farmhouse - 0.55 km
- Cherry Corner - 0.63 km
- Etton (East Yorkshire) War Memorial - 0.66 km
- K6 Telephone Kiosk - 0.67 km
- 57, Main Street - 0.74 km
- Etton Mill - 0.79 km
- 69, Main Street - 0.82 km
- 68, Main Street - 0.88 km
- 81, Main Street - 0.89 km
- 83, Main Street - 0.91 km
- Snilesworth Cottage - 0.95 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Torp
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 2 lie within roughly a mile of Torp:
- Moated site, 350m south east of Low Hall - 0.1 km
- Monastic grange, 180m south of Manor Farm - 1.17 km
Torp Today
Today Torp lies within the administrative area of East Riding of Yorkshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 277 at the 2021 census. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.
Read more about modern Etton on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Etton - 0.0 km N
- Steintorp - 0.0 km N
- Steitorp - 0.0 km N
- Raventhorpe - 2.2 km SE
- Cherry Burton - 2.2 km SE
- South Dalton - 2.8 km NW
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.
© Neil Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Peter Church · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Peter Church · 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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