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East Thornton Township


THORNTON, EAST, a township, in the parish of Hartburn, union, and W. division of the ward, of Morpeth, N. division of Northumberland, 6 miles (W.) from Morpeth; containing 51 inhabitants. In the 9th of William III., the moor of East Thornton was found, upon a trial at law, to be within the parish of Hartburn, and tithes were decreed upon it. The township was part of the Radcliffe estate forfeited by the Earl of Derwentwater, and afterwards came to Greenwich Hospital; in 1831 the Hospital commissioners sold the lands, which comprise about 916 acres, to Isaac Cookson, Esq., who has since built a house and offices here.

Extract from: A Topographical Dictionary of England comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships..... 7th Edition, by Samuel Lewis, London, 1848.

The 1860 Northumberland Farm Index (Northumberland Archives) lists the following under the township of East Thornton: Needless Hall, Needless Hall Moor, Meldon Tile Works and Pity Me.

See also: East Thornton township entry in Whellan's 1855 Directory of Northumberland.

East Thornton became a civil parish in 1866, following the Poor Law Amendment Act. East Thornton Civil Parish was abolished in 1955, and absorbed into Hartburn Civil Parish.
East Thornton Greenwich Hospital Needless Hall Moor Hartburn Parish, 1848
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- Overview Map Street View Needless Hall Moor (aka Needlesshallmoor) is a farm in Northumberland, located in Hartburn Civil Parish. The farmhouse here dates from the 18th century and was remodelled …
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East Thornton deserted medieval village (Hartburn)
- In medieval times East Thornton was a single row of houses facing a village green....
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