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THORNTON, a parish, with three townships, in Pocklington district, E. R. Yorkshire; 4 miles SW of Pocklington r. station. Post town, Pocklington, under York. Acres, 6,540. Real property, £6,165. Pop., 851. Houses, 169. The manor belongs to Col. Wyndham. There is a cotton mill. The living is a vicarage, united with Allerthorpe, in the diocese of York. Value, £300.* Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is old.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with three townships" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Thornton Parish Pocklington Poor Law Union/Registration District Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Thornton |
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