Thurnham

Other current and historical names

Thornham
Turneham

Parish/Community: Thurnham
District/Borough: Maidstone
County: Kent
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°17'29"N 0°35'22"E
Eastings/Northings: 580666, 157877
OS Grid: TQ806578
Mapcode Local: GBR PQX.ZX6
Mapcode Global: VHJM8.5SLW

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

Thurnham in historic gazetteers

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

Thornham.-- par. and vil., Kent, 3½ miles E. of Maidstone, 3363 ac., pop. 648; Thornham Court is the seat of the Hampson family; on the brow of the hill stand the ruins of Thornham (or Godards) Tower, supposed to occupy the site of an ancient Roman watch-tower.

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

Thurnham, Kent. See THORNHAM.

Thurnham in the Domesday Book

A village in Eyhorne hundred, in the county of Kent.

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Esbiorn Bicga
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Courbépine (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £10 in 1070; £12 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 18 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 40 swine render
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 6 shillings

British Place Names

Thurnham, Kent

Thurnham is a hamlet in Kent

Thurnham in historic gazetteers

Thurnham in the Domesday Book