Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Bishop Thornton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Bishop Thornton, township and eccl. dist. (St John), in par. and 5½ miles SW. of Ripon, E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 3135 ac., pop. 479.