Bishop Thornton

Bishop Thornton
Bishop Thornton
	Bishop Thornton Location within North Yorkshire
Population	507
OS grid reference	SE260634
Civil parish	Bishop Thornton, Shaw Mills and Warsill;
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire;
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HARROGATE
Postcode district	HG3
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Skipton and Ripon;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 54°03′54″N 1°36′08″W / 54.06500°N 1.60222°W

Bishop Thornton is a village in the civil parish of Bishop Thornton, Shaw Mills and Warsill,^[1] in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England.^[2]^[3] According to the 2001 census it had a population of 521, decreasing to 507 at the 2011 census.^[4] The village is about seven miles north of Harrogate.

Bishop Thornton has both the Anglican St John's Church and the Catholic St Joseph's Church, the latter being the oldest in the Diocese of Leeds. The village also has two schools.

The village was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974.^[5]

References

^ "Bishop Thornton, Shaw Mills and Warsill". Mapit. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 99 Northallerton & Ripon (Pateley Bridge & Leyburn) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 9780319231593.
^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
^ "Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
^ "History of Bishop Thornton, in Harrogate and West Riding | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

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