Thornton, East Riding of Yorkshire

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Thornton is a hamlet in East Riding of Yorkshire

Parish/Community: Thornton
Unitary Authority: East Riding of Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 53°53'52"N 0°50'42"W
Eastings/Northings: 475983, 445251
OS Grid: SE759452
Mapcode Local: GBR QRJC.TG
Mapcode Global: WHFCL.Z9P4

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Thornton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Thornton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Thornton, par. and township, East-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles SW. of Pocklington - par., 6697 ac., pop. 704; township, 2314 ac., pop. 158.

Thornton in the Domesday Book

A village in Cave hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edeva wife of Topi
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Mortimer
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Mortimer
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 14 shillings in 1066

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British Place Names

Thornton, East Riding of Yorkshire

Thornton is a hamlet in East Riding of Yorkshire

Thornton in historic gazetteers

Thornton in the Domesday Book