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THORNES, a chapelry in Wakefield parish, W. R. Yorkshire; ½ a mile S by W of Wakefield r. station. Post town, Wakefield. Pop., 1,798. Houses, 386. The property is subdivided; and there are several market gardens. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £160.* Patron, the Vicar of Wakefield. The church was built in 1830. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Wakefield Parish Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Thornes |
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