THORNER, a parish in the lower division of the
wapentake of SKYRACK, West riding of the county of
YORK, comprising the townships of Scarcroft, Shadwell,
and Thorner, and containing 1010 inhabitants,
of which number, 708 are in the township of Thorner,
6 miles (S. by W.) from Wetherby. The living is a
discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of York, rated in the king's books at £8. 3. 4., endowed
with £400 private benefaction, and £400 royal bounty,
and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is
dedicated to St. Peter. There is a place of worship for
Wesleyan Methodists. A school was erected by subscription
in 1787, and endowed with twelve acres of
land from the waste, the annual income arising from
which, being £15. 10., is applied to the instruction of
six children. There is a fine spring of water, called
St. Sykes' Well, in the neighbourhood.