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Thoresby.-- hamlet, Edwinstowe par., Notts, 2 miles NW. of Ollerton. Thoresby Hall, seat of Earl Manvers, stands in a park of 10 miles in circuit; the original mansion, built in the 17th century, was the birthplace of Lady Mary Wortley Montague (1690-1762).
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Edwinstowe Parish Nottinghamshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Thoresby |
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