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Line 41: ==History== Kingsthorpe was listed in the [[Domesday Book]] in 1085 as ''Torp'';{{sfn\|Mills\|1991\|loc=Kingsthorpe}} at this time it formed part of the [[demesne]] of the Crown.<ref name=ConservationArea>https://www.northampton.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/9244/kingsthorpe-conservation-area-appraisal-2016.pdf</ref> This evolved into ''Thorp'' during the 12th and 13th centuries. By the 14th century, it was known as ''Kyngesthorpe''.{{sfn\|Salzman\|1937\|pp=81–88}} The name is derived from the [[Old English]] ''cyning'' and [[History of Danish\|Old Danish]] ''torp'', meaning the King's hamlet or farmstead. The Domesday Book also made reference to three ~~water mills~~[[watermill]]s, which were later known as North (or Farre) Mill (being furthest from the village), the Nether Mill in the village, and the South Mill nearer to Northampton.<ref name=KingsthorpeManor>{{cite book \|last= Horner\|first= Tony\|date= 2005\|title= Kingsthorpe: A Royal Manor Explorer\|publisher= Léonie Press}}</ref> Milling in Kingsthorpe continued into the 20th century, when all the mills were demolished. [[File:Kingsthorpe_Houses.jpg\|thumb\|A row of stone houses in the village]] Line 50: Some of the oldest buildings in the village, which date back to the 17th century, include Kingswell Cottage on The Green;<ref>https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1039678 {{Bare URL inline\|date=December 2021}}</ref> stone cottages in Well Yard;<ref>https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1372227?section=official-listing {{Bare URL inline\|date=December 2021}}</ref> and the Home Farm farmhouse, Dovecote and Barn on Kingswell Road.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1372225\|title=HOME FARM HOUSE, Kingsthorpe - 1372225 \| Historic England}}</ref> The Queen Adelaide public house on Manor Road dates back to the 18th century,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1052415\|title=QUEEN ADELAIDE INN, Kingsthorpe - 1052415 \| Historic England}}</ref> while the Cock Hotel public house on the Harborough Road dates back to 1893. The present Cock Hotel building replaced an older coaching inn which dated back to the 16th century.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1190566\|title=THE COCK HOTEL, Kingsthorpe - 1190566 \| Historic England}}</ref> Opposite the Cock sits the Kingsthorpe War Memorial dating back ~~from~~to 1921.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1456370\|title=Kingsthorpe War Memorial, Kingsthorpe - 1456370 \| Historic England}}</ref> [[File:Thornton_Hall_Kingsthorpe.jpg\|thumb\|~~Thornton~~Kingsthorpe ~~Hall was~~Hallwas built c. 1775]] Kingsthorpe Hall (formely Thornton Hall) was built circa 1775. The hall and surrounding parkland was sold to the local council in 1937. Thornton Park is now a popular public park.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/northampton/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8606000/8606857.stm\|title = Thornton Park needs a face lift\|date = 7 April 2010}}</ref>

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