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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
THORNTON-IN-LONSDALE, a parish, with three townships, partly in Lancaster district, Lancashire, but chiefly in Settle district, W. R. Yorkshire; on the Ingleton railway, 1 mile WNW of Ingleton. Post town, Ingleton, under Lancaster. Acres, 13,242. Rated property, £10,260. Pop., 1,151. Houses, 237. The property is much subdivided. T. Scar is a picturesque cliff, about 300 feet high; and T. Force is a fine cascade, about 90 feet in fall. Yordas Cave, and spots around it, present romantic features. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £120.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Worcester. The church is old. The p. curacy of Burton-in-Lonsdale is a separate benefice. Charities, £51.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with three townships" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Thornton in Lonsdale AP/CP Settle RegD/PLU Lancashire AncC Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Thornton in Lonsdale |
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