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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thornton Dale like this:
THORNTON-DALE, a parish, with two townships, in Pickering district, N. R. Yorkshire; 2¾ miles E of Pickering r. station. It has a post-office under York. Acres, 1,066. Real property, £4,801. Pop., 893. Houses, 201. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £396.* Patron, the Rev. J. R. Hill. The church is late decorated English, and was restored in 1866. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a grammar-school and alms houses with £500 a year, and national schools.
Thornton Dale is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thornton Dale itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thornton Dale, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14350
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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