Thoroton

Thoroton

The church steeple
Thoroton
 Thoroton shown within Nottinghamshire
Population 112 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK764425
DistrictRushcliffe
Shire countyNottinghamshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town NOTTINGHAM
Postcode district NG13
Dialling code 01949
Police Nottinghamshire
Fire Nottinghamshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
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Coordinates: 53°00′N 0°52′W / 53.0°N 0.86°W / 53.0; -0.86

Thoroton is a village located in the parish of Thoroton in Rushcliffe, Nottingham, England. It lies along the banks of the River Smite, about 15 miles (24 km) east of Nottingham, 4 miles (6.4 km) miles north-west of Bingham, and adjacent to Scarrington, Hawksworth, Sibthorpe, Orston and Aslockton. Thoroton has a population of 112[1] It is bounded by the A46 3 miles (4.8 km) to the west, the A1 3 miles (4.8 km) to the east and the A52 road 2 miles (3.2 km) to the south.

Heritage

Thoroton and was granted conservation area status in 1974. It is served by St Helena's Church, which is Grade I listed building.

The place name seems to contain an Old Norse personal name Þurferð + tūn (Old English), an enclosure; a farmstead; a village; an estate.., so 'Farm of a man called Thurferth'.[2] There are 19 such place names (Scandinavian personal name followed by tūn ) in Nottinghamshire; all of them in the Domesday survey, and all apparently ancient villages.[3]

Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton takes his name from part of his wife's name and her family home is near Thoroton.[4] The family also owns property in the village, which is let.

References

  1. ↑ "Civil parish 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  2. ↑ J. Gover, A. Mawer & F. M. Stenton (eds.), Place Names of Nottinghamshire (Cambridge, 1940), p.229; A. D. Mills, Dictionary of English Place-Names (Oxford, 2002), p.345; E. Ekwall, Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names (Oxford, 1960), p.229
  3. ↑ J. Gover et al, p. xviii.
  4. ↑ The Domesday bloke, The Guardian, Retrieved 3 August 2015

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