Thornton-on-the-Hill

Thornton-on-the-Hill (also called Thornton Hill) is a small dispersed village and civil parish in the former Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England, about two miles to the north of Easingwold.On the flat of the hill, earthworks show the remains of house sites, tracks and fishponds, that belonged to the deserted medieval Thornton village.[1] Some of the building materials from the former village were incorporated into the nearby Grade II listed High House in Thorton Lane.[2] During the 1800s, the settlement's population remained at around 70 people with a mid-century peak of 97 in 1861.This Hambleton, North Yorkshire location article is a stub.
North YorkshireOS grid referenceCivil parishUnitary authorityCeremonial countyRegionYorkshire and the HumberCountryEnglandSovereign statePost townPostcode districtPoliceAmbulanceYorkshireHambleton DistrictEasingwoldOulstonGeorge Orby WombwellDavid HeyHistoric EnglandNational Heritage List for EnglandHambleton