Thoroton

Thoroton
Thoroton
	The church steeple
	Thoroton Location within Nottinghamshire
Population	112 (2011)
OS grid reference	SK764425
District	Rushcliffe;
Shire county	Nottinghamshire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NOTTINGHAM
Postcode district	NG13
Dialling code	01949
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
	List of places UK England Nottinghamshire 53°00′N 0°52′W / 53.0°N 0.86°W

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) 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 a 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; thus "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.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Civil parish 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
^ J. Gover, A. Mawer and 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.
^ J. Gover et al, p. xviii.
^ The Domesday bloke, The Guardian, Retrieved 3 August 2015

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[1] "Civil parish 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 April 2016.

[2] J. Gover, A. Mawer and 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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