Thringstone
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| Thringstone | |
  Thringstone shown within Leicestershire |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| Parish | Coalville |
| District | North West Leicestershire |
| Shire county | Leicestershire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | COALVILLE |
| Postcode district | LE67 |
| Dialling code | 01530 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| European Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | North West Leicestershire |
| List of places: UK • England • Leicestershire | |
Thringstone is an English village in North-West Leicestershire, near the East Midlands town of Coalville.
Thringstone is located within the boundaries of the National Forest, England. http://www.nationalforest.org/
In the most recent UK census, conducted in 2001, Thringstone's population was recorded at 4,325 - having grown from a figure of 901 as recorded in 1801, largely as a result of a dramatic expansion of the local coal-mining industry in the first part of the nineteenth century.
Lying on the western fringe of Charnwood Forest, Thringstone lends its name to an important geological structure which is not exposed at the surface, known as the Thringstone Fault. Formed during prehistoric volcanic times, this forms an abrupt boundary to the eastern part of the Leicestershire and South Derbyshire coalfield.
The name 'Thringstone' is most probably derived from the amalgamation of the Danish (Viking) personal name, Traengr with the older Anglo-Saxon suffix, tun (meaning 'village') - hence Traengr's tun, this area having come under the Danelaw during the ninth century.
Another source suggests that 'Thring' may mean land that was difficult to work.
It was not until 1947 that Thringstone was recognised as having been mentioned in the Domesday survey of 1086. Until this time, the general assumption was that, had Thringstone then existed, it would have been included in the parish of Whitwick. Scholars have subsequently identified the Derbyshire Domesday village of Trangesbi as the Leicestershire village of Thringstone, thus refuting the previously held belief that the village had always essentially been part of Whitwick by showing that, at the time of the Norman Conquest, the two places were not even regarded as belonging to the same county.
The Domesday book entry is notable in that the second element in the village name (tun) is given as bi - the Scandinavian equivalent, again signifying 'village'. Clearly there were no hard and fast rules in such matters since in 1274, the settlement is documented as 'Threngesthorpe' (thorpe being an older, pre-Viking term meaning 'daughter settlement').
In the Garendon Cartulary (or Chartulary) of 1300, the village is recorded as 'Threngston', and the spelling begins to stabilize thereafter.
Thringstone Community Centre.
In 1901 that the Booth Family bought a farm house on The Green, Thringstone, for the social activities of the village, it was extended over the next 10 years and Endowed in 1911, "FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF THRINGSTONE AND SURROUNDING AREAS".
It was originally called Thringstone House, and is now known as Thringstone Community Centre. This great gift is still a centre of village life to this day.
Thringstone Community Centre proudly claims to be the first community centre in England. It is administered according to the aims and objects of the Thringstone Community Association.
It is set in a semi-rural area on the fringe of Coalville in Leicestershire, about 12 miles north-west of Leicester.
It has a strong educational focus and a clear sense of having a community development role.
The building is an old farmhouse and has a great deal of character.
There is a great deal of involvement from local people. It has a bar which is open every evening and provides a setting where people who have been engaging in some activity within the centre can associate at the end of the evening.
A warden is employed who has done much to develop the activities which go on within the centre.
The Association has adopted a development plan and is challenging itself to grow and develop still further. It is seeking to respond to the needs of a community that had been hit hard by the gradual closure of the coal pits in the area and which is also seeing some growth as a number of new estates bring younger people to community.
The Community Centre has a website at:- http://beehive.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=15248
The English philanthropist and researcher Charles Booth is buried at Saint Andrew's churchyard, in the village. His tomb was designated a listed monument in 2002.
The Friends of Thringstone
Thringstone has an active Community and Environmental Group, named "The Friends of Thringstone", whose remit is to improve the village for residents and visitors.
The Friends of Thringstone have a website at:- http://www.friends-of-thringstone.org.uk/.
Grace Dieu Priory
The ruins of Grace Dieu Priory stand on the outskirts of Thringstone, in a valley bounded by a small brook at the edge of Charnwood Forest and are situated on the A512 road that runs from Loughborough to Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire.
Visit the Grace Dieu Priory website at:- http://www.gracedieupriory.co.uk/
Pubs of Thringstone
The Queens Head.
The Rose and Crown.
The George and Dragon.
The Bull.
