Thorley

Other current and historical names

Torlei
Thorley Street

Parish/Community: Yarmouth
Unitary Authority: Isle of Wight
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°41'48"N 1°28'17"W
Eastings/Northings: 437428, 88703
OS Grid: SZ374887
Mapcode Local: GBR 78Z.6TF
Mapcode Global: FRA 77T7.DL5

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Thorley within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Thorley in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Thorley, par. and vil., Isle of Wight, 1 mile SE. of Yarmouth, 1581 ac., pop. 189.

Thorley in the Domesday Book

A village in Bowcombe hundred, in the county of Hampshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Tosti
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alsi son of Brictsi
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alsi son of Brictsi
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £12 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 11 smallholders; 7 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres

British Place Names

Thorley, Isle of Wight

Thorley is a village in Isle of Wight

Thorley in historic gazetteers

Thorley in the Domesday Book