Description
Thornton, a parish in Lincolnshire, 1 1/2 mile SW of Horncastle station on the G.N.R. Post town, Horncastle. Acreage, 1281; population, 94. The living is a vicarage, consolidated with the rectory of Martin, in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £190 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield. The church, a small building of stone, was restored in 1890.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
