THORNTON, a township in the parish of POULTON,
hundred of AMOUNDERNESS, county palatine of LANCASTER,
1 mile (N. by E.) from Poulton, containing 875 inhabitants.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.
James Baines, in 1717., bequeathed land, now
producing an annual income of £31. 10., for teaching
poor children of both sexes. The school-room has been
lately rebuilt by subscription, and there is a house for
the master, who instructs from one hundred to one hundred
and fifty children on the National system.