Thorpe Salvin is a village and a

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in the

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, England, on the border with

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. It lies between

Worksop Worksop ( ) is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located east-south-east of Sheffield, close to Nottinghamshire's borders with South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, on the River Ryton and not far from th ...

and Harthill, and is located at an elevation of around 110 metres above

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. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 476, down from 502 in 2001.Office for National Statistics : ''Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Rotherham''
Retrieved 28 August 2009 The rectangular-towered

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of St Peter, a predominantly 12th-century structure with 15th-century additions, is emblazoned with

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carvings, and has been nominated among England's 1,000 best churches. The village has a

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, the ''Parish Oven''.

History

The name ''Thorpe'' derives from the Norse for an outlying farmstead, while ''Salvin'' refers to 13th century

lord of the manor Lord of the Manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England, referred to the landholder of a rural estate. The lord enjoyed manorial rights (the rights to establish and occupy a residence, known as the manor house and demesne) as well as seig ...

Ralph Salvain. There are earlier references to the settlement though, including a mention in the

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as ''Rynkenild Thorp'', part of

Roger de Busli Roger de Busli (c. 1038 – c. 1099) was a Norman baron who participated in the conquest of England in 1066. Life Roger de Busli was born in or around 1038. His surname comes from the town now known as Bully (near Neufchâtel-en-Bray, mentione ...

's Laughton en le Morthen estate. This name refers to the settlement's place on the Roman road of Rynkenild Street, now ''Packman Lane''. Within the bounds of the parish is

Netherthorpe Airfield Netherthorpe Aerodrome is located west by north of Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England. The aerodrome is in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham close to the village of Thorpe Salvin. Netherthorpe Aerodrome is part of a local landowner's estat ...

which has been active since 1933. The noted

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scholar and

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Serenus de Cressy Dom Serenus Cressy, O.S.B., (originally born Hugh Paulinus de Cressy), (ca. 1605 –10 August 1674) was an English convert to Catholicism and Benedictine monk, who became a noted scholar in Church history. Life Anglican chaplain Hugh Paulinus ...

was born here in about 1605.

Thorpe Hall

Thorpe Salvin contains the ruins of ''Thorpe Hall'', a manor house designed and built by

Robert Smythson Robert Smythson (1535 – 15 October 1614) was an English architect. Smythson designed a number of notable houses during the Elizabethan era. Little is known about his birth and upbringing—his first mention in historical records comes in 155 ...

in 1570. It was built on the site of the previous manor house which was the residence of an earlier lord of the manor, Sir Bryan Sandford, Knight, who fought for Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth Field, 19 August 1485. Sir Bryan was one of many who defected from Richard III's army just days before the battle. For more information about this and the Sanford Family of Co.Yorks and Virginia, see the ''Sanford Index, Revised'', by Charles M. Marsteller. In 1636, the hall was bought by Edward Osborne. When his descendant Thomas Osborne became

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, he moved out to a grander property in

Kiveton Park Kiveton Park is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, in South Yorkshire, England. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, from the Norman conquest to 1868, Kiveton was a hamlet of the parish of Harthill-with- ...

, and the hall fell into disuse. It was partially demolished in the 1820s, with only the south front now remaining. It is Grade II* Listed.

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History

Thorpe Hall

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