Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Thornes

Thornes, eccl. dist., Wakefield par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, pop. 1700; Thornes House is in SW. vicinity of Wakefield. See ALVERTHORPE WITH THORNES.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wakefield CP/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Thornes

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