Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Thornhill

Thornhill, town, par., and township with ry. sta., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire - par., 8120 ac., pop. 13,016; township (partly in parl. bor. of Dewsbury), 2564 ac., pop. 7857; town (comprising Thornhill and Lower Whitley townships), 3602 ac., pop. 8843; P.O.; is a local government district; the sta. is 1½ mile SW. of Dewsbury.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town, parish, and township"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Thornhill AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Thornhill

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