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Thornton-le-moor




Thornton-le-Moor is a Village and Civil Parish in North Yorkshire , England located equidistantly between the towns of Thirsk and Northallerton .


AMENITIES


Amenities comprise one pub ('The Black Swan') with caravan site, and a phone box.


HISTORY


The Victorian primary school opened in 1860 and closed in 1993, when it merged with another local school in Newby Wiske to form a new school in neighbouring South Otterington . The village church of St Barnabas was built in 1868 but demolished in 1987 after its partial collapse in the previous year. The churchyard is still maintained.


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