THORNE
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V26,
Page 880
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
THORNE
, a market town in the Doncaster parliamentary division of the West Riding of Yorkshire, ro m
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N.E. of Doncaster by the North-Eastern railway, served also by a branch of the Great Central railway
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Pop
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(1901), 3818
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It lies near the river Don, in a low, flat district, which was formerly a marshy waste, resembling the fens of the eastern counties
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Hatfield Chase, a portion of this tract south of Thorne, was partly drained by the Dutch engineer Vermuyden in the 17th century, and there were in the district numerous Dutch settlers
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The Chase is generally considered to have been the scene of the battle of Heathfield in 633, when See also: - KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King Edwin of Northumbria fell before the heathen King Penla of Mercia
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The Levels, as this district is generally named, are of remarkable fertility, and Thorne, having water communication with Goole and the Humber, is consequently an agricultural centre of importance; while some barge- building and a trade in peat fibre are also carried on
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The See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St Nicholas is a fine building of various periods from the 12th century
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