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This village is referred to as 'Torintone' in the Domesday book, but during the reign of Edward II it, and much of the surrounding land, came into the possession of Roger de Thornton, whose only daughter

The rural nature of Thornton Cleveleys away from the coast persisted. On the right is one of the old farmsteads.

The railed and culverted Thornton Beck runs through the village of Thornton Dale, east of Pickering on the edge of the North York Moors.

Holmes in Thornton was a settled agricultural community for generations before Thornton amalgamated with Cleveleys in 1927. This part of Thornton was connected with Stanah (Stayna) by Holmes Brook.

Around the corner in Elms Road (which retains many of its mid-Victorian villas) is the Henry Thornton School, within the same site as the Marianne Thornton (C327056) and also part of the Clapham Centre

The Rev W H Thornton, vicar of North Bovey in the latter half of the 19th century, was initially less than impressed with his flock: 'My new parishioners were very turbulent people ... the women were awful

For a time the building housed the Lever family's growing art collection before its eventual removal to Thornton Manor.

One of the earliest Corporation bus services was the Cleveleys to Thornton route, which began operating in July 1921.

When this photograph was taken, the old pantiled forge at Thornton Dale on the A170 east of Pickering had already diversified into pottery, postcards and gifts, as well as its more traditional metalwork

When this photograph was taken, the pantiled old forge at Thornton Dale on the A170 east of Pickering had already diversified into pottery, postcards and gifts, as well as the more traditional metalwork

Thornton Dale lies 2 miles east of Pickering. This much-photographed cottage stands alongside the beck, in which trout can still be seen. In the village are Lady Lumley's Almshouses.

The village was bestowed to Thornton Abbey in Lincolnshire until the dissolution in 1539.

The reservoir was created in 1896; it is one of four 19th-century artificial lakes in Charnwood Forest - the others are Thornton (1854), Cropston (1870) and Blackbrook (1906), all man-made

The pavilion in this picture was built together with a rose garden and a fountain, all perfectly managed by Harry Thornton, the ideal groundsman. In the foreground is a miniature golf course.

It was once known as Ramper, a high dyke built (along with the draining of Thornton Marsh) to keep back the sea.

The reservoir was created in 1896; it is one of four 19th-century artificial lakes in Charnwood Forest - the others are Thornton (1854), Cropston (1870) and Blackbrook (1906), all man-made

to the east of Ingleton, Victorian entrepreneurs laid out the 4-mile walk along the banks of the River Twiss towards Pecca Falls, Hollybush Spout and to this spot, where the forty foot cascade of Thornton

Charles Ashton from Thornton-le-Fylde post office had to walk from there to Inskip on most days, and in snow he followed the telegraph poles.

The Latin words 'parva' and 'magna' for little and great were anciently applied to many Fylde villages (Carleton, Bispham, Thornton and Poulton are all examples).

The line was single-track and ran from Preston via Kirkham, Poulton and Thornton.

Her boyfriend, Abraham Thornton of Castle Bromwich, was arrested and charged with her murder, having been seen with her You may recognise the family name Riland and recall that Plantsbrook School

Fading into the distance is the high ground of Thorndon Park.

Fading into the distance is the high ground of Thorndon Park.

On the right is the truly remarkable red-brick tower of St Nicholas church, built in 1735 by Lord Petre of nearby Thorndon Hall.