Thornton-le-Beans
| Thornton-le-Beans | |
| Yorkshire North Riding | |
|---|---|
 Village street, Thornton-le-Beans | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE397904 |
| Location: | 54°18’30"N, 1°23’26"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 255 (2011, with including Crosby) |
| Post town: | Northallerton |
| Postcode: | DL6 |
| Dialling code: | 01609 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Vale of York |
Thornton-le-Beans is a village in the North Riding of Yorkshire, on the A168 road three miles south of Northallerton.
The village has one pub called The Crosby behind which there is a campsite. In 2007 the Pub won "Best Pub Grub" in the Flavours of Hambleton Awards.[1] There is a Methodist Chapel at the east end of the village and a Chapel of Ease at the west end. The graveyard looks over the Vale of York. The author Bill Bryson famously stated in his book Notes From a Small Island that he wants to be buried in Thornton-le-Beans, due to the oddness of the name.[2]
Name
The town's odd name is derived from the common place name 'Thornton', meaning a farm with thorn bushes. This farm had beans grown upon it.[3] In 1534 it was called Thornton-in-Fabis, the Latin for Thornton-le-Beans.[4]
See also
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Thornton-le-Beans) |
References
- ↑ "Toasting the best of local food and drink". Harrogate Advertiser. 12 November 2007. http://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/news/toasting-the-best-of-local-food-and-drink-1-2640835. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ↑ Bryson, Bill (2009). The complete notes ; Notes from a small island. (3 ed.). London: Black Swan. p. 135. ISBN 9780552776233.
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 168 ISBN 0198691033
- ↑ "57 different varieties of a horse bean". The Northern Echo. http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/archive/2001/07/18/The+North+East+Archive/7104017.57_different_varieties_of_a_horse_bean/. Retrieved 23 May 2012.