Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THORNTON-LE-STREET

THORNTON-LE-STREET, a parish, with two townships, in Thirsk district, N. R. Yorkshire; 3 miles N by W of Thirsk r. station. Post town, Thirsk. Acres. 2,750. Real property, £3,125. Pop., 241. Houses, 44. The manor belongs to the Meynells. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, not reported. Patron, Christchurch, Oxford. Sir R. Lester, the physician, was a native.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish, with two townships"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Thornton le Street CP/AP       Thirsk RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Thornton le Street

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