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., Lincolnshire, 1½ mile SW. of Horncastle, 1755 ac., pop. 192.
A village in Horncastle hundred, in the county of Lincolnshire.