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Trusthorpe Post Office is on the road to Thorpe, and is in a late Victorian projection from the left bay of a late 18th-century small farmhouse.

Trusthorpe Post Office is on the road to Thorpe, and is in a late Victorian projection from the left bay of a late 18th-century small farmhouse.

Thorpeness was a planned seaside resort financed by Glencain Stuart Ogilvie between 1910 and 1928 as a Tudor fantasy for the middle classes.

Upstream is Flint Mill (operational from 1772 to 1954, now converted to a house); this is the larger Thorp Arch Manor Mill, recorded in the Doomsday Book.

This sturdy bridge over the River Wharfe, linking Boston Spa with Thorp Arch, was built in 1770. Along the banks to the east is the old Spa Baths, now converted to housing.

The house, which has splendid views over the town and valley towards Middleton, was built as a family home in 1881 for Mr and Mrs George Thorpe.

Thorne was already a busy market town when the Stainforth & Keadby Canal opened in 1802.The canal provided a link between the navigable rivers Trent and Don, and with its opening Thorne went on to

Thorne was already a busy market town when the Stainforth & Keadby Canal opened in 1802.

The Glastonbury Thorn on the hilltop left of the wood is missing from the photograph.

Here we see the gardener's house; it was originally surrounded by a kitchen garden and glasshouses to provide fresh produce all year long for the magnificent red brick Thornes House with its impressive

Only Holmefield House was built (it was much altered by Major Barker from 1864), although Foljambe built a large house on Thornes Lane from stone discarded during the construction of the

Christ Church in Thorne Road was opened in 1829. Designed by William Hurst, it is noted for its Belgian glass and a steeple that features an octagonal lantern.

It took a number of years to carry out the process of dividing up the land, laying out roads, digging drains, planting thorn hedges, improving the land, and harvesting the crops from more and more

St Michael's at Thorn was destroyed by bombs, so this is very much an archive photograph.

At Thorne the church of St Nicholas has a late 13th-century tower and early 20th-century glass.

The ridge behind is now wholly covered in thorn scrub, as there are few sheep to keep the downland cropped.

There was once a Holy Thorn tree in Orcop that was said to have grown from a cutting from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea. Unfortunately, it was blown down in a gale in 1980.

This is ironic in a way, for Bunyan, the author of 'Pilgrim's Progress', had been a thorn in the flesh of the establishment in the 17th century, and was more likely to have been cast into prison by the

Yorkshire and offered a freight forwarding service to anywhere within the UK, and Pearson & Co operated a comprehensive packet service on the Barnsley Canal to places such as Hull, Wakefield, Selby, Thorne

Yorkshire and offered a freight forwarding service to anywhere within the UK, and Pearson & Co operated a comprehensive packet service on the Barnsley Canal to places such as Hull, Wakefield, Selby,Thorne

Thomas Crapper, inventor of the flushing toilet, was born in Thorne in 1837.

The Duke of Clarence opened the Technical and Art College on the site of the old Thornes House in 1891, and this adjacent park (29 acres), once grazing land, was opened to the public on 6 July