Thoroton

Thoroton

The church tower and steeple
Thoroton
Thoroton shown within Nottinghamshire
Population 112 (2011)
OS grid reference SK764425
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NOTTINGHAM
Postcode district NG13
Dialling code 01949
Police Nottinghamshire
Fire Nottinghamshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands

Thoroton is a small English village located in Thoroton parish in the borough of Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire. It has conservation area status and its parish church is a Grade I listed building.

Geography

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

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".[3] 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.[4]

Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton takes his name from part of his wife's name and her family home is near Thoroton.[5] The family also owns property in the village, which is let.

Amenities

Thoroton is served by buses to Bottesford, Bingham and nearby villages on Tuesdays and to Newark-on-Trent, Bottesford and nearby villages on Wednesdays.[6]

The nearest railway station is at Aslockton (2.2 miles, 3.5 km), with regular daily services to Nottingham, Grantham and beyond.[7]

There are shopping and other services at Newark-on-Trent (9 miles, 14.5 km), Bingham (6 miles, 10 km) and Bottesford (5 miles, 8 km). The nearest pubs are the Cranmer Arms in Aslockton and the Durham Ox in Orston (both 2 miles, 3.2 km). Both serve meals, as does the Limehaus café in Orston.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Civil parish 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  2. ↑ List of listeds Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ J. Gover et al, p. xviii.
  5. ↑ The Domesday bloke, The Guardian, Retrieved 3 August 2015
  6. ↑ Bus times Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  7. ↑ Trainline Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  8. ↑ ; ; Retrieved 16 July 2018.

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