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Thornton Through Time

 Thornton is situated along the banks of the River Wyre and is now part of Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire.  Its boundaries and districts have changed many times through the years but for the purposes of this site the old
parish boundaries apply.
 
  

 

 Thornton Through Time is a website dedicated to collecting and preserving the history of Thornton, Lancashire. 

This is an ongoing process and updates to the site are posted on the

 

Thornton Through Time Forum

 

In the Domesday Book of 1086, Thornton is listed as Torentun, 

in Prestune (Preston), Agemundrenesse (Amounderness),

Eurvicscire (Yorkshire)

If you have any old photographs or indeed memories of Thornton in bygone times that you would like to include, then please