Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THORNTON-DALE

THORNTON-DALE, a parish, with two townships, in Pickering district, N. R. Yorkshire; 2¾ miles E of Pickering r. station. It has a post-office under York. Acres, 1,066. Real property, £4,801. Pop., 893. Houses, 201. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £396.* Patron, the Rev. J. R. Hill. The church is late decorated English, and was restored in 1866. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a grammar-school and alms houses with £500 a year, and national schools.


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

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

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