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Thonock Road |
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Thonock
Thonock shown within Lincolnshire |
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| OS grid reference | SK825925 |
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| Parish | Gainsborough |
| District | West Lindsey |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Gainsborough |
| Postcode district | DN21 3 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Gainsborough |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Thonock is a small settlement about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the town of Gainsborough, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.
Thonock existed as a small village at the time of Domesday Book of 1086, when it consisted of five households.[1]
Thonock is listed as a deserted medieval village, but there are no visible earthworks. It existed as a part of Gainsborough in the early 14th century, and as a small settlement, including the hamlet of Havercroft, in the later 14th, 15th and even 16th century taxation returns. In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries High and Low (Nether) Thonock are referred to.[2] Thonock civil parish was created from part of gainsborough parish in 1894, but was later dissolved in 1974.[3] Today, Thonock is notable for Gainsborough Golf Club.[4]
The lost settlement of Havercroft seems to have lain on the downhill western edge of Thonock - possibly in the present parish of Morton or Blyton - and may have been little more than a single farmstead. Similar names - Bondemannescroft and Simundescroft - occur in the same 13th century documentation. There are no earthworks to confirm an exact site.[5]