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Discover
Thornton Curtis - North Lincolnshire |
Thorton
Curtis is best known for Thornton Abbey
which is about two miles away from the village.
The
Augustinian Monks Founded Thornton Abbey
in 1139. Much of the Abbey is ruined, however
the most spectacular feature to remain is
the three story gatehouse. The gatehouse
is an early example of brickwork which was
begun around 1377 & displays some fourteenth
century statues. The abbey is currently
owned by English Heritage.
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The
Location - five
miles south east of Barton and four miles
south of New Holland.
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The
Place-name & its Origins |
The
Doomsday
Book (1086)
referred to the village as "Torentune".
Other
names - for the village include
Torntune, Thorentona, Thorneton
& Thornton Curteys,
The
name - can be translated to 'the
farmstead or village where thorn trees grow'.
(Curtis is unknown).
-ton - enclosure,
farmstead, village manor (Old Enlish - tun)
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The
History of Thornton Curtis....
Here
is a Wesleyan chapel, erected in 1850. About
a mile and a half east of the village are
the ruins of the Abbey of St. Mary, founded
by William-le-Gros, Earl of Albemarle, on
the festival of St. Hilary, January 13,
A.D. 1139, and in the following year, on
the same day of the same festival, the founder
brought hither an establishment of twelve
Augustinian, or Black Canons, from Kirkham
Priory; one of the number being then constituted
prior: in 1148 the monastery was raised
by Pope Eugenius III to abbatial rank, and
in 1517 became a mitred abbey:
....[entry
from Kelly's Trade Directory for 1900]
the remains of the Abbot's house is now
a farm: the entrance gatehouse is one of
the finest existing specimens in England
of the Early Perpendicular style, and was
built about 1382, the general plan being
that of a parallelogram of two storeys,
with octagonal towers at the angles and
on either side of the entrance; the front
is enriched with several canopied niches,
from some of which the figures have disappeared;
the three largest, however, remain, and
are in a perfect state, the centre figure
representing the Virgin Mary, to whom the
abbey was dedicated, and over her head may
be discerned a very rare and remarkable
representation of the Holy Trinity:
....[entry
from Kelly's Trade Directory for 1900]
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Population Through
The Years |
Year
- Population
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Year
- Population |
1801-
242
1811 - 300
1821 - 328
1831 - 362
1841 - 393
1851 - 497
1861 - 483
1871 - 478
1881 - 471
1891 - 489 |
1901-
477
1911 - 452
1921 - 481
1931 - 467
1941 - N/A
1951 - 422
1961 - 403
1971 - 336
1981 - 308
1991 - 279 |
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Saint
Church of Saint Lawrence |
The church of St. Lawrence is a building
of stone, in the early English style, consisting
of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and
an embattled western tower with eight pinnacles
and containing 5 bells: there is an Early
Norman font, square in plan, the bowl, which
is curiously carved, resting on a large
central shaft, with a smaller one at each
angle; the whole surface is enriched with
sculpture in low relief; the oaken pulpit
and communion table are of the 17th century:
there is a singular monument near the south
porch to Mr. Skinner, ob. 1626, and near
to it is a very ancient and rude female
bust: the church was restored in 1883-4,
at a cost of over £3,000: an organ
was erected in 1889 at a cost of £300:
....[entry
from Kelly's Trade Directory for 1900]
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Church
of
Saint Lawrence |
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Thornton
Hunt Inn
17 Main Street
Thornton Curtis
DN39 6XW
Tel:01469
531252
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