Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THORNTHWAITE

THORNTHWAITE, a township, a chapelry, and a sub-district, in Pateley-Bridge district, W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies 2¾ miles W by S of Darley r. station, and 4½ S by E of Pateley-Bridge; and is called T.-with-Padside. Acres, 1,960. Pop., 257. Houses, 56.—The chapelry extends much beyond the township, and is in Hampsthwaite parish. Post town, Ripley, under Leeds. Pop., 930. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £109.* Patron, the Vicar of Hampsthwaite.—The sub-district contains 4 townships. Acres, 12,450. Pop., 1,925. Houses, 438


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a township, a chapelry, and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Pateley Bridge RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Thornthwaite

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