Thornton
Thornton, or Thornton by Horncastle, is a village in the civil parish of Roughton, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the B1191 road, 1 mile west from the A153, and 1.5 miles south-west from Horncastle town centre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Thornton-by-Horncastle” and “Thornton, Lincolnshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary’s Church, Horncastle and Lion Theatre.
St Mary’s Church, Horncastle
Church
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St. Mary's Church, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, dates from the early 13th century and is dedicated to Saint Mary. It serves the Ecclesiastical Parish of Horncastle and a grade II* listed building that was heavily restored by Ewan Christian between 1859 and 1861.
Lion Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Dave Hitchborne, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lion Theatre is a theater building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Martin and Dalderby.
Martin
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Martin is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Roughton, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is about 2 miles south from the town of Horncastle.
Dalderby
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dalderby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Roughton, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 3 miles south from Horncastle, on the A153 road.
Cagthorpe
Neighborhood
Photo: Dave Hitchborne, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cagthorpe is suburb of the town of Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England. It is south of, and separated from, the historic town centre by the re-aligned River Waring and the A158.
Thornton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Roughton, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.19297° or 53° 11′ 35″ northLongitude
-0.13795° or 0° 8′ 17″ westOpen location code
9C5X5VV6+5ROpenStreetMap ID
node 243463241OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q7796489
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Swedish—“Thornton” goes by many names.
- French: “Thornton”
- Irish: “Thornton”
- Ladin: “Thornton (Lincolnshire)”
- Ladin: “Thornton”
- Polish: “Thornton (Lincolnshire)”
- Polish: “Thornton”
- Swedish: “Thornton, Lincolnshire”
- Swedish: “Thornton”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Thornton”. Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.