Thornton Hough
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Thornton Hough
Image: © Sue Adair Taken: 4 Mar 2006
In 1889, the first Viscount Leverhulme started work on Thornton Hough, he later purchased Thornton Manor where he settled with his family. He built a school, an orphanage, a "Norman" style church, shops, a club and a smithy around the village green. Photo shows cottages on Neston Road from Raby Road.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.320431
Longitude
-3.046297