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
Local studies information is held at Poulton library.Cemeteries
- Christ Church, Meadows Ave, Church of England
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Thornton.Church History
Church Records
- Cleveleys Christian Centre, Ritherham Ave, Assemblies of God, Cleveleys
- St George's Avenue, Baptist, Cleveleys
- Cumberland Chapel, North Drive, Christian Brethren, Cleveleys
- All Saints, North Drive, Church of England, Anchorsholme
- St Andrew, Rough Lea Rd, Church of England, Cleveleys
- St John the Evangelist, Stanah Road, Church of England, Little Thornton
- Christ Church, Meadows Ave, Church of England
- Leslie Avenue, Church of the Nazarene
- New Waters Christian Fellowship, Kensington Road, Elim, Cleveleys
- Kingdom Hall, Victoria Road West, Jehovah's Witness, Cleveleys
- Warren Drive, Latter Day Saints, Thornton Cleveleys
- North Drive, Methodist, Anchorsholme
- Cleveleys Park, West Drive, Methodist, Cleveleys
- Fleetwood Rd, Primitive Methodist
- St John Southworth, Northumberland Ave, Roman Catholic, Cleveleys
- St Teresa, St George's Avenue, Roman Catholic, Cleveleys
- Sacred Heart, Heys St, Roman Catholic
- St Nicholas Owen, Raikes Rd, Roman Catholic
- Beach Road, Spiritualist National Union, Cleveleys
- Rossall Rd, United Reformed
- Wignall Memorial, Victoria Rd, Wesleyan Methodist
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Civil Registration
The Register Office covering the Thornton area is Blackpool & Fylde.Gazetteers
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In 1835 Thornton was a township in the parish of Poulton le Fylde.History
Notes on the history of Thornton Cleveleys.Maps
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