Purgatory
Purgatory is a forest in Thornton-le-Moor, Hambleton, England. Purgatory is situated nearby to the village Thornton-le-Moor, as well as near the hamlet Thornton-le-Street.Places of Interest
Highlights include St Leonard’s Church, Thornton-le-Street and Thornton-le-Beans Chapel.
St Leonard’s Church, Thornton-le-Street
Church
Photo: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Leonard's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Thornton-le-Street, North Yorkshire, England. It is an active parish church in the Church of England's Diocese of York.
Thornton-le-Beans Chapel
Church
Photo: Paul Buckingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thornton-le-Beans Chapel is in the village of Thornton-le-Beans, North Yorkshire, England. It is a redundant Anglican chapel of ease. The chapel is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
St Andrew’s Church, South Otterington
Church
Photo: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Andrew's Church is the parish church of South Otterington, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. A church was built in South Otterington in the Norman period, and it was rebuilt in the late 17th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thirsk and Thornton-le-Beans.
Thirsk
Thirsk is a market town in North Yorkshire, 23 miles north of York, with a population of 5900 in 2021. It's best known for its racecourse and as the home of the veterinarian and author known as James Herriot.
Thornton-le-Beans
Village
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thornton-le-Beans is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is on the A168 road and 3 miles south of Northallerton. The village is currently in the Thirsk and Malton Parliamentary constituency, whose incumbent is Kevin Hollinrake.
Borrowby
Village
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Borrowby is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated halfway between Thirsk and Northallerton, about 25 miles north of York, in the Vale of Mowbray, a low-lying agricultural landscape shaped by the last glaciation, that lies between two national parks, the North York Moors to the east and the Yorkshire Dales to the west.
Purgatory
- Type: Forest
- Location: Thornton-le-Moor, Hambleton, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.2869° or 54° 17′ 13″ northLongitude
-1.3818° or 1° 22′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C6W7JP9+P7OpenStreetMap ID
way 119031826OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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