Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Thornton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Thornton, par. and township, East-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles SW. of Pocklington - par., 6697 ac., pop. 704; township, 2314 ac., pop. 158.
A village in Cave hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.