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THORNE
, a See also:market See also:town in the See also:Doncaster See also:parliamentary See also:division of the See also:West See also:Riding of See also:Yorkshire, ro m
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N.E. of Doncaster by the See also:North-Eastern railway, served also by a See also:branch of the See also:Great Central railway
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(1901), 3818
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It lies near the See also:river See also:Don, in a See also:low, See also:flat See also:district, which was formerly a marshy See also:waste, resembling the See also:fens of the eastern counties
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See also:Hatfield See also:Chase, a portion of this See also:tract See also:south of Thorne, was partly drained by the Dutch engineer Vermuyden in the 17th See also:century, and there were in the district numerous Dutch settlers
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The Chase is generally considered to have been the See also:scene of the See also:battle of See also:Heathfield in 633, when See also: |
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