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Thornton
Place(s)
Additional Information
Settlement selected
Citation URI
http://placenames.org.uk/id/placename/32/015451
Location
Thornton (Settlement)
located in the Parish of Bradford
- Thornton
- Torentune, Torenton(e) 1086 DB
- thorrentona c. 1150 Crawf (p)
- Thorenton 1276 RH
- Tornetun, Tornetona Hy 2 Calv (p), 1240-6 Pont (p)
- Tornton' 1243 Fees (p)
- Thornetun, Thorneton(a) 1190-1220 YCh 1794, 1239-49 Kirkst (p), c. 1246 Calv , Ed 1 BM et freq to, 1379 PT
- Thorneton in Braddefordale 1394 Calv
- Thornton 1300 Ch , 1303 KF , 1316 Vill , 1338 FF et passim to, 1526 FF
- Thornton in Bradford Dale 1595 Yorke ii 1
"Base mapping from A Vision of Britain through Time at the University of Portsmouth"
geonames Lat 53.78333 Long -1.85
Geo-Ref.
- geonameslat = 53.7833300, long = -1.8500000
- epnslat = 53.79300092, long = -1.848181046
- kepnlat = 53.7977, long = -1.84206
Bibliography
- A. H. Smith, The Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Part 3 (EPNS 32), Cambridge 1961.