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Thorney.-- par. and ry. sta., Cambridgeshire, 7 miles NE. of Peterborough, 17,590 ac., pop. 2055; P.O, T.O. Thorney was the seat of a monastery founded in 662; the church includes portions of the ancient abbey church, rebuiltin 1128, and madeparochialin 1638.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish and railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Thorney Parish Cambridgeshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Thorney |
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