Thornton le Moor, Lincolnshire

Thornton le Moor

All Saints' Church, Thornton le Moor
Thornton le Moor
Thornton le Moor shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference TF050962
• London 135 mi (217 km) S
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Market Rasen
Postcode district LN7
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament

Thornton le Moor is a village in the civil parish of Owersby in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) south-west from the town of Caistor. Between 1866 and 1936 Thornton le Moor was a separate civil parish.[1]

Near the village are the remains of the deserted medieval villages of Beasthorpe[2] and Cauthorpe.[3] In the Domesday Book of 1086 Thornton le Moor is written as "Torentone", consisting of eighteen households.[4]

The parish church is dedicated to All Saints and is a Grade II* listed ironstone building dating from the 11th century. It was restored 1871. 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.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Thornton Le Moor". Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Beasthorpe DMV (892408)". PastScape. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  3. ↑ Historic England. "Cauthorpe DMV (892412)". PastScape. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "Thornton le Moor". Domesday Map. Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  5. ↑ Historic England. "All Saints, Thornton le Moor (1063439)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
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