Bishop Thornton
Appearance
Bishop Thornton | |
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Location within North Yorkshire | |
Population | 507 |
OS grid reference | SE260634 |
Civil parish | |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HARROGATE |
Postcode district | HG3 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
UK Parliament | |
Bishop Thornton is a village in the civil parish of Bishop Thornton, Shaw Mills and Warsill,[1] in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England.[2][3] According to the 2001 census it had a population of 521, decreasing to 507 at the 2011 census.[4] The village is about seven miles north of Harrogate.
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Bishop Thornton has both Anglican and Roman Catholic churches, the latter being the oldest in the Diocese of Leeds, and two schools
References
- ^ "Bishop Thornton, Shaw Mills and Warsill". Mapit. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 99 Northallerton & Ripon (Pateley Bridge & Leyburn) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 9780319231593.
- ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
External links
Media related to Bishop Thornton at Wikimedia Commons