Thornton, or Thornton by Horncastle, is a small

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in the civil parish of

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, in the

East Lindsey East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The population of the district council was 136,401 at the 2011 census. The council is based in Manby. Other major settlements in the district include Alford, Wragby, Spilsby ...

district of

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...

, England. It is situated on the

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, west from the A153, and south-west from

Horncastle Horncastle is a town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district in Lincolnshire, east of Lincoln. Its population was 6,815 at the 2011 census and estimated at 7,123 in 2019. A section of the ancient Roman walls remains. History Romans Alt ...

town centre. The village is mentioned in the 1086 ''

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'', with 19 households and Robert the Bursar as

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. The greenstone

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is dedicated to

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and is a Grade II

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dating from the 15th century and restored in 1890 by

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* {{Authority control Hamlets in Lincolnshire East Lindsey District