Population 288 (2011) Civil parish Thornton in Lonsdale Sovereign state United Kingdom Shire county North Yorkshire Dialling code 01524 | OS grid reference SD716809 Country England Local time Friday 3:39 AM District Craven UK parliament constituency Skipton and Ripon | |
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Region Yorkshire and the Humber Weather 11°C, Wind S at 27 km/h, 84% Humidity Points of interest Yorkshire Dales, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Toby's Fold | ||
Thornton-in-Lonsdale is a village and civil parish in the District of Craven and ceremonial county of North Yorkshire in England. It is very close to the border with Cumbria and Lancashire and is 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Ingleton and 5 miles (8.0 km) south east of Kirkby Lonsdale, and has a population of 308, falling to 288 at the 2011 Census. Its main claims to fame are the Marton Arms pub and St Oswald's Church, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle married his first wife at this church in 1885 and held his reception at The Marton Arms before setting off to Ireland on honeymoon. Doyle's mother resided at nearby Masongill from 1882 to 1917.
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Map of Thornton in Lonsdale, UK
History
In 1086 the Domesday Book listed on folio 301v under Craven Torntun & in Borch, Orm vi curactes ad geld. – that is in Thornton-in-Lonsdale with Burrow-with-Burrow Orm has circa 720 acres of plough-land to be taxed. This manor belonged to Orm, one of the family of Norse Noblemen who held the most land in Northern England. All estates would also include grazing land but since only arable land was tallied their total area can only be induced.
Historical parish
Because the parish of Thornton in Lonsdale was in the Lonsdale Hundred, a region more ancient than the county of Lancashire, it lay across two counties. A strip down the left side of the parish including Ireby was in Lancashire. The Lancashire area was about 3.7 miles (6 km) long and its width tapered from about 1.2 miles (2 km) to about 330 feet (100 m). However the majority of the parish, including Thornton and Burton-in-Lonsdale, was in Yorkshire.