Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THORNTON-LE-MOOR

THORNTON-LE-MOOR, a parish in Caistor district, Lincoln; 3 miles SW of Moortown r. station, and 6 SW of Caistor. Post town, Caistor. Acres, 1,503. Real property, £1,732. Pop., 127. Houses, 22. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £319.* Patron, the Bishop of L. The church is Norman.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Thornton le Moor Parish       Caistor Poor Law Union/Registration District       Lincolnshire Ancient County
Place: Thornton le Moor

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