Thornton

Other current and historical names

Tornetun
Tortetun

Built-Up Area: Thornton (Bradford)
Parish/Community: Bradford, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Bradford
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°47'25"N 1°51'7"W
Eastings/Northings: 409850, 432690
OS Grid: SE098326
Mapcode Local: GBR HSHL.VZ
Mapcode Global: WHC97.JZBK

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Thornton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Thornton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Thornton, town and township with ry. sta., Bradford par., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles W. of Bradford - township (containing Denholme Gate), 4785 ac., pop. 9633; town, 2132 ac., pop. 6084; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Thornton shares in the industries of Bradford.

Thornton in the Domesday Book

A village in Morley hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

British Place Names

Thornton, Bradford

Thornton is a village in Thornton (Bradford), Bradford

Thornton in historic gazetteers

Thornton in the Domesday Book