Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Thornton

Thornton, vil. with ry. sta. (Thornton Junction), Markinch par., and quoad sacra par., partly also in Kinglassie par., Fife - quoad sacra par., pop. 909; vil., 3 miles S. of Markinch and 5 miles N. of Kirkcaldy, pop. 552; P.O.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Markinch Parish       Fife County
Place: Thornton

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