Thornton
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THORNTON, a chapelry and a township in Poulton-le-Fylde parish, Lancashire. The chapelry adjoins Fleetwood town and r. station, and has a post-office under Preston. Pop., 826. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £105. Patrons, Trustees. The church was built in 1835. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a free school. The township includes Fleetwood, and is noticed in our article on that town.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Archives and libraries
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Census
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Church Records
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Civil Registration
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In 1835 Thornton was a township in the parish of Poulton le Fylde.History
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