Thoroton

Other current and historical names

Toruentun
Toruertune

Parish/Community: Thoroton
District/Borough: Rushcliffe
County: Nottinghamshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°58'22"N 0°51'57"W
Eastings/Northings: 476259, 342324
OS Grid: SK762423
Mapcode Local: GBR BLD.PWM
Mapcode Global: WHFJ1.NJWR

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

Thoroton in historic gazetteers

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

Thoroton, par., Notts, 4½ miles NE. of Bingham, 730 ac., pop. 152; contains Thoroton Hall, seat.

Thoroton in the Domesday Book

A village in Bingham hundred, in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Households: 18 villagers; 1 smallholder; 1 freeman; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 7 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Pilwin of Sibthorpe
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Arngrim of Elston (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Households: 6 villagers; 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs (1 plough land)
- Meadow: 30 acres

British Place Names

Thoroton, Nottinghamshire

Thoroton is a village in Nottinghamshire

Thoroton in historic gazetteers

Thoroton in the Domesday Book