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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.
THORNER, a township, with a village, in Tadcaster district, and a parish partly also in Wetherby and Hunslet districts, W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies 5½ miles S by W of Wetherby r. station, and has a post-office under Leeds. Acres, 2,190. Real property, £4,748. Pop. in 1851, 951; in 1861, 809. Houses, 192.—The parish includes Scarcroft and Shadwell townships, and comprises 4,380 acres. Pop., 1,500. Houses, 336. There are many good residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £189.* Patron, the Earl of Mexborough. The church was restored and enlarged in 1855. The p. curacy of Shadwell is a separate benefice. There are two Wesleyan chapels, a free school, two national schools, and charities £27.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Thorner |
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