Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Thornton Abbey

Thornton Abbey, ry. sta., Lincolnshire, 4 miles SE. of New Holland; adjacent are the ruins of Thornton Abbey, founded in 1139. See THORNTON CURTIS.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features")
Administrative units: Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Thornton Curtis

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