A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Thornton in Lonsdale, township, West-Riding Yorkshire, and par., partly also in Lancashire, 1 mile N W. of Ingleton - par., 10,181 ac., pop. 1024; township, 7485 ac., pop. 320; Thornton Scar is a picturesque cliff 300 ft. high, and Thornton Force is a cascade of about 90 ft. in fall.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Lancashire AncC Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Thornton in Lonsdale |
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