Original sentence: In the 12th century the name was Turkilleston  (Turkil being a 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 Thruckleston (16th century), Throxton (18th century) to the present form.It is a  village with a Manor House, thatched cottages and village green
Edited sentence: In the 12th century the name was Turkilleston (Turkil being a 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 Thruckleston (16th century), Throxton (18th century) to the present form.It is a picturesque village with a Manor House, thatched cottages and village green