Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Thornton

Thornton, par. and township, East-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles SW. of Pocklington - par., 6697 ac., pop. 704; township, 2314 ac., pop. 158.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Thornton AP/Ch/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Thornton

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