In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thornton le Moor like this:
THORNTON-LE-MOOR, a parish in Caistor district, Lincoln; 3 miles SW of Moortown r. station, and 6 SW of Caistor. Post town, Caistor. Acres, 1,503. Real property, £1,732. Pop., 127. Houses, 22. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £319.* Patron, the Bishop of L. The church is Norman.
Thornton le Moor through time
Thornton le Moor is now part of West Lindsey district. Click here for graphs and data of how West Lindsey has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thornton le Moor itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thornton le Moor, in West Lindsey and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13961
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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