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inn, Thornton-in-Lonsdale
locality:-   Thornton-in-Lonsdale
county:-   North Yorkshire
locality type:-   inn
1Km square:-   SD6873
10Km square:-   SD67
evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  Thornton Church Stile
source data:-   Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
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Tour to the Caves in the West Riding of Yorkshire, late 18th century 
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"... After we had got about six miles from Kirkby-Lonsdale, to a public-house called Thornton Church-stile, we stopped to"
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Page 245:-  "procure a guide, candles, lanthorn, tinder-box, &c. for the purpose of seeing Yordas-Cave, in the vale of Kingsdale, about four miles off. By the advice of a friend, we took also with us a basket of provisions, which we found afterwards were of real service. ..."
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