Bishop Thornton

Bishop Thornton
Bishop Thornton is located in North Yorkshire
Bishop Thornton
Bishop Thornton
Location within North Yorkshire
Population507 
OS grid referenceSE260634
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHARROGATE
Postcode districtHG3
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
54°03′54″N 1°36′08″W / 54.06500°N 1.60222°W / 54.06500; -1.60222

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.

The Chequers Inn, Bishop Thornton

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]

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