Thornton le Moor, Lincolnshire
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| Thornton le Moor | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 All Saints' Church, Thornton le Moor | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF050962 |
| Location: | 53°27’9"N, 0°25’9"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Market Rasen |
| Postcode: | LN7 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Gainsborough |
Thornton le Moor is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire, situated approximately five miles south-west of the town of Caistor.
In the Domesday Book of 1086 Thornton le Moor is written as "Torentone", consisting of eighteen households.[1]
Near the village are the remains of the deserted mediæval villages of Beasthorpe[2] and Cauthorpe.[3]
The parish church, All Saints, dates from the 11th century and was restored 1871. It is built of ironstone and is a Grade II* listed building There is a fragment of an 11th-century limestone cross shaft built into the back of an aumbry in the north wall of the chancel.[4]
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References
- ↑ Thornton le Moor, Lincolnshire in the Domesday Book
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 892408 – Beasthorpe deserted mediæval villages
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 892412 – Cauthorpe deserted mediæval villages
- ↑ National Heritage List 1063439: All Saints, Thornton le Moor (Grade II* listing)
