In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thornton like this:
THORNTON, a parish, with three townships, in Pocklington district, E. R. Yorkshire; 4 miles SW of Pocklington r. station. Post town, Pocklington, under York. Acres, 6,540. Real property, £6,165. Pop., 851. Houses, 169. The manor belongs to Col. Wyndham. There is a cotton mill. The living is a vicarage, united with Allerthorpe, in the diocese of York. Value, £300.* Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is old.
Thornton through time
Thornton is now part of East Riding of Yorkshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Riding of Yorkshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thornton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thornton in East Riding of Yorkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11133
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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