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Thorpe Salvin
Thorpe Salvin fails to appear on the Geographia but definitely appears to
part of the Borough of Rotherham according to the Ordnance Survey, although its postal address is Worksop. Thorpe is Old Norse for village, Salvin is a family name.
The survey known as Kirby's inquest (1284AD) refers to the village of Thorpe Salvin as 'Rikenild Torp', and in later records as 'Torp Ryonild'. This name is derived from the Rykenild
Way, a Roman road found to the west of the village. At the time of the survey, the village now belonged to the knight Sir Ralph Salvain, from which the name Salvin is eventually
derived. In 1339AD King Edward III grants Anketin Salvain "free warren in all his demesne lands of Thorp Salvain"
(free warren meant the right to hunt,
rear, and preserve game); this is the first time the village is referred to as Thorp Salvain.
The Salvains are thought to have left Thorpe before 1400AD as in the Poll Tax Records of 1378AD recorded the following residents of Thorpe Salvin:-
"Edmund Sandeforth and Idonia his wife, 20/-.
William Herrynge (smith) and Magota his wife, 6d.
Thomas Colyere and Felissia his wife, 4d.;
Elias Milner (souter, ie, shoemaker) and Margaret his wife, 6d.
William Smyth and Margaret his wife, 4d.
Margaret Laundere (washerwoman), 4d."
The hall, manor and village were acquired by Edward Osborne 1636AD. Sir Thomas Osborne became Duke of Leeds, and built a big new house in Kiveton Park and and the family abandoned Thorpe Manor, which was left to ruination. With no family up at the big house the village must have become a very quiet sleepy place largely reliant of farming. The arrival of the nearby Chesterfield Canal in the 1770s may have been a bit of a boost. I believe that another Thorpe Hall was built on a different site in the village but I have no details as yet.
Thorpe Salvin is a small village gathered about with the remains of Thorpe Salvin Hall. It is very pretty, picturesque and floral. There are some very nice houses and probably per capita, the largest number of swimming pools in the borough. There is the Twelfth Century Church of St Peter (the church tower, and other major structures are 12th century, and the south wall of the nave is 15th century), a pub and eatery 'The Parish Oven', and little else for unless I missed them there was nor even a Post Office or village shop. The Chesterfield Canal runs close by and there are pleasant small areas of woodland. Netherthorpe Airfield is only a spit away.
Thorpe Salvin won the 2000 Yorkshire in Bloom Competition. The village was National Champions 1992, 1994, & 2002. Thorpe Salvin has won the Gold Medal for 2002 in the Entente Florale. The Thorpe Salvin Garden Trail is open for one weekend in July Tel. 01909 773203.
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