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'''Thorne''' is a hamlet near [[Whitstone]] in [[Cornwall]], at {{map|SX276995}}, on a hill overlooking the [[River Tamar]] flowing below to the east, across which lies [[Devon]].  The B3254 runs north-south to the west of the hamlet.
 
'''Thorne''' is a hamlet near [[Whitstone]] in [[Cornwall]], at {{map|SX276995}}, on a hill overlooking the [[River Tamar]] flowing below to the east, across which lies [[Devon]].  The B3254 runs north-south to the west of the hamlet.
  

Latest revision as of 08:53, 14 September 2013

Thorne Farm

Thorne is a hamlet near Whitstone in Cornwall, at SX276995, on a hill overlooking the River Tamar flowing below to the east, across which lies Devon. The B3254 runs north-south to the west of the hamlet.

This was a mediæval manor and the Domesday Book of 1086 records that it then had land for one plough and 20 acres of pasture.[1][2]

References

  1. Thorn, Caroline, et al. (eds.) (1979) Cornwall (Domesday Book; 10.) Chichester: Phillimore; entry 5,5,8
  2. Ordnance Survey (1946) One-inch Map of England and Wales; Bude, sheet 174