Thoroton
| Thoroton | |
| Nottinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 St Helena's Church, Thoroton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK764425 |
| Location: | 53°0’0"N, -0°51’36"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 112 (2011) |
| Post town: | Nottingham |
| Postcode: | NG13 |
| Dialling code: | 01949 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Rushcliffe |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Newark |
Thoroton is a small village of some 112 souls in south-eastern Nottinghamshire. The whole village is a conservation area.
The village stands by the bank of the River Smite, about fifteen miles east of Nottingham, four miles north-east of Bingham and adjacent to Scarrington, Hawksworth, Sibthorpe, Orston and Aslockton. Three miles to the west runs the course of a major Roman road, the Fosse Way, now marked by the A46, while as far to the east is the Great North Road, the A1..
The name of the village seems to contain an Old Norse personal name Þurferð with the Old English tun for a farmstead, village or estate; thus 'Thurferth's Farm'.[1]
Parish chucrh
The parish church is St Helena's, which is a Grade I listed building.[2] It has parts dating back to the 11th century. The church was restored in 1868–1869 by the architect John Henry Hakewill, son of Henry Hakewill,[3] after when the church had been badly damaged by lightning. Restoration involved rebuilding the chancel and re-roofing and re-seating the church.
The 14th-century tower has a restored corbel table with masks and four gargoyles and an octagonal spire. Most of the stained glass dates from 1869. The vestry has been converted into a chapel. The plain round font there has a restored 14th-century base.[2]
The parish belongs to the 'Cranmer Group' of parishes.[4]
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References
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 National Heritage List 1272720: Church of St Helena (Grade I listing)
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, 1951; 1979 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09636-1page 351
- ↑ A Church Near You Retrieved 15 November 2020.