Thornton, Lincolnshire
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Thornton is a small hamlet south of Horncastle, Lincolnshire.
In 1179, William, Count of Aumale, le Gros, was interred within the Abbey of Thornton, Lincs., which he had founded in 1139.
[edit] References
- Cockayne, G.E., The Complete Peerage, 1904, volume 1, p.353.