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Thruxton Aviation
Thruxton could be: Places *Thruxton, Hampshire *Thruxton, Herefordshire Other *Thruxton Circuit, a racetrack in Hampshire *Triumph Thruxton 900, a motorcycle *Velocette Thruxton, a motorcycle {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thruxton, Hampshire
Thruxton is just off the A303 road west of Andover, Hampshire, Andover. It is a village with a Manor House, thatched cottages and village green. Pillhill Brook runs from Thruxton Down through the grounds of the Manor House and along the village street to Mullen's Pond, a natural habitat for many species of migratory birds and wild plants. History Thruxton was almost certainly one of four ‘Annes’ named in the Domesday Book under the Andover Hundred. In the twelfth century the name was Turkilleston (Turkil being a Anglo-Saxons, Saxon name and ‘tun’ being the Saxon word for farmstead and later hamlet, or village - so Turkils or Thurcols Homestead ) which, over the centuries, changed via Turcleston, Thorcleston (13th century), Throkeleston, Thurkcleston (14th century), Throkeston (15th century), Thruckleston (16th century), Throxton (18th century) to the present form. A Roman Britain, Roman building considered to be a temple or a basilican villa was unearthed near the vill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
