St Nicholas Church, Thorne
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St Nicholas Church, Thorne
Image: © Paul Glazzard Taken: 25 Mar 2008
Until the 14th century the parish church serving Thorne was across a stretch of water at nearby Hatfield. In 1326 a funeral party was lost when a boat capsized, casting the corpse and several mourners into the water. About a dozen bodies were recovered some days later and as a result of the tragedy the Abbot of St. Mary's in York agreed to the Norman church at Thorne being rebuilt and made a parish church so that the dead could be buried nearby.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.611001
Longitude
-0.95885