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	Thornton, Bradford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thornton village lies to the west of Bradford, into which it was incorporated around 1899, but was mentioned in the Domesday Book of the 11th Century, when it had been laid waste by William the Conqueror's 'harrying of the north', punishment for an uprising against the Norman invaders of 1066.
		The Rev Patrick Brontë became the incumbent of Thornton Chapel in 1815, and Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne Brontë were born at 74, Market Street, Thornton before the family moved to Haworth.
		Thornton falls within the boundaries of the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, in which it comprises part of the Thornton and Allerton ward.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thornton,_Bradford (355 words)

	Thornton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thornton may be used in the following ways.
		Sir Henry Thornton (railroader), president of Canadian National Railway.
		Matthew Thornton, first president of New Hampshire House of Representatives
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thornton (113 words)

	Bradford - Thornton Cinema History
		Thornton is famed for being the birthplace of the four Brontë; children (Emily, Charlotte, Anne and Branwell) before the famous family moved to Haworth.
		Later it was controlled by Tom Thornton (of the duo Tom and Janet Thornton of Idle Cinema Ltd) who also ran the Idle Picture Palace in the north Bradford suburbs.
		Tom Thornton changed the name from Thornton Mechanics to The Cinema in 1950 but everybody still called it the 'Thornton' after the village and not the man. Performances were once nightly and two shows on Saturday with prices of 6d to 1/-d.
	www.kingsdr.demon.co.uk /cinemas/thornt.htm (463 words)

	One Hundred Years Of Local History,J. Reynolds & W.F. Baines,1978.
		In Bradford, it was after the middle of the nineteenth century that conditions developed to give positive encouragement to such activities, for in these years the town started to take on a recognisable identity as a modern industrial city.
		Several came from outside Bradford: Sam Margerison came from Calverley, John Lister from Halifax and Simeon Rayner from Pudsey, for the society was for some years the only one of its kind in the locality, and Bradford, in any case, was rapidly becoming the metropolitan centre of the West Riding textile area.
		As Bradford changes from the highly concentrated urban-industrial community of the nineteenth century to become, in the twentieth century, the centre of a sprawling industrial and residential conurbation, both its topography and its social structure are being altered as profoundly as they were between 1830 and 1880.
	www.bradfordhistorical.org.uk /resources/books/hundredyears/hundredyears.html (11746 words)

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		Bradford was a medieval village which became a relatively prosperous Yorkshire market town and then in a few decades exploded as Worstedopolis where the economies of whole countries could be made or unmade on the floor of the
		Bradford did not only mean the wool industry - Bowling and Low Moor Iron Works were world famous - there was coal mining and the getting of iron ore and fireclay and there still is quarrying for the famous York Stone within short distance of the city centre.
		The gorge is crossed by a road bridge at Lee Lane and by the conduit from the Braford reservoirs in Nidderdale to the waterworks at Chellow Heights.
	members.lycos.co.uk /saltaire/bradford.htm (3371 words)

	Staff Profile - University of Bradford
		Thornton, M J, Messenger, A G, Elliott, K and Randall, V A (1991).
		Thornton, M J, Laing, I, Hamada, K, Messenger, A G and Randall, V A (1993).
		Thornton, M J, Hamada, K, Messenger, A G and Randall, V A (1998).
	www.brad.ac.uk /acad/lifesci/biomedical/staff/Academic/thornton_m (1030 words)

	John Pickles Ancestors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Jesse Sugden was born in 1822 in Thornton.
		Sophia Broadhead was born in 1826 in Thornton.
		Hannah Shackleton was born in 1804 in Bradford.
	www.picklesfamily.f9.co.uk /html/pickles.html (1941 words)

	Thornton Gym Club -- WHERE GYMNASTS MATTER
		Thornton Gym Club was has been in existence for 25 years and is based at Thornton Recreation Centre in Bradford.
		Thornton Gym Club is proud to be associated with the
		campaign, as part of Bradford Council's ongoing initiative to improve the health of children in the area.
	www.thorntongymclub.com (176 words)

	Broadhead Family History
		Hannah Broadhead was born in 1839 in Thornton.
		Addine Sugden was born in 1857 in Thornton.
		Tamar was cremated on 22 Mar 1947 in Scholemoor Cemetery, Bradford.
	www.picklesfamily.f9.co.uk /html/broadhead_i.html (2130 words)

	Home for Sale West Yorkshire Thornton, Bradford
		Carlton House is in an ideal location for commuting to Bradford, Keighley and Halifax, and for the motorway to Leeds and Manchester.
		Area 4 miles to the West of Bradford, Thornton is an ancient village appearing in the Doomsday book as Torenton, meaning an enclosure surrounded by thorn trees.
		The Brontë family lived in Thornton between 1815 and 1820 and gave birth to four of the famous Brontë children while residing in the village.
	www.homemarketeer.com /homes/H1839.HTM (939 words)

	Waddington Family History
		Hiram Waddington was born in 1870 in Wilsden, Bradford.
		Hiram was baptized in 1871 in Wilsden, Bradford.
		Greenwood Ambler Waddington was born in 1871 in Wilsden, Bradford.
	www.btinternet.com /~Jsptraining/Waddingtons/waddingtons.html (1388 words)

	Midgley of Bradford, West Yorkshire.
		Flowing through Bradford from Thornton and Clayton, [ early Midgley residences ] is Clayton Beck which flows into the River Aire by a devious route through Bradford centre.
		John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Earl of Richmond held the manor of Bradford.
		The Midgleys’ of Thornton in Bradford Dale were sheep farmers, this was part of Bolton then Bradford Manor, part of the Honour of Pontefract, part of the Earldom then Duchy of Lancaster.
	members.tripod.com /~midgley/bradford.html (2835 words)

	VisitBritain : Bradford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Once the powerhouse of the industrial revolution and textile capital of the world, Bradford has moved on to become a vibrant and cosmopolitan city, known not only for the number and quality of its curry houses, but also for the wealth of attractions in and around the city.
		From the impressive National Museum of Photography, Film and Television to the Bradford Industrial Museum which charts the city's industrial heritage through to modern times.
		Nearby is Saltaire World Heritage Site, a perfectly preserved example of a Victorian model village, while the 1853 Gallery in Salts Mill houses the works of one of Bradford’s most famous sons, the artist David Hockney.
	www.visitdemo.com /destinationguides/Yorkshire/Destinations/bradford.aspx (213 words)

	The House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Where, by the age of three, each of the little ones in turn would be learning their alphabet, singing nursery rhymes and learning to count.
		The Brontë family came to live in Thornton in 1815 and stayed until 1820.
		The other chapels-of-ease in the greater parish of Bradford were St. Michael's at Haworth and Holy Trinity, Low Moor, looked after by other Perpetual Curates.
	www.brontebirthplace.org.uk /html/house.htm (838 words)

	Rome News - Tribune
		Neely Estelle Davis of Rome and Bradford Hunt Thornton of Augusta were married at 5 p.m.
		The groom is the son of James Carleton Vaughn Jr., Billie Leigh Vaughn, Dr. John William Thornton III and Kathy Baynham Thornton.
		John William Thornton V of Augusta, nephew of the groom, was ring bearer.
	news.mywebpal.com /partners/680/public/news723737.html (584 words)

	Bradford Methodist Church_Bradford West Circuit covering eight churches in the Bradford area of West Yorkshire. Local ...
		Bradford West Circuit churches also include Bradford Haworth Road Methodist Church in the Heaton district of Bradford, Bradford Allerton Methodist Church in the Bradford village of Allerton.
		Bradford Thornton Methodist Church in the Bradford village of Thornton is close to where Maria Bronte gave birth to Charlotte Bronte, Patrick Branwell Bronte, Emily Jane Bronte and Anne Bronte and where Patrick Bronte served as curate before they moved to the Parsonage in Haworth.
		The Bradford West Methodist Circuit also includes methodist churches in the Bradford village of Little Lane and Harecroft as well as a combined Methodist URC church in the Bradford village of Wilsden.
	www.bradfordmethodists.org.uk (248 words)

	Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites: Thornton Station
		Notes: The line from Bradford to Thornton via Queensbury was opened as a joint venture between the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and the Great Northern Railway between 1876 and 1878.
		Once out of Bradford, the line was mostly rural and necessitated the construction of many earthworks, viaducts and tunnels.
		It was situated at the top of a deep valley and was reached from Queensbury via the magnificent 13 arch Thornton viaduct, a listed structure which is still in existence and is soon to be reopened as a public footpath.
	www.subbrit.org.uk /sb-sites/stations/t/thornton/index.shtml (420 words)

	Visitation: Thornton of Tiersall
		PERCIVAL THORNTON, of Tyresall, near Bradford, I.P.M. last of Feb. 12 Hen.
		Ebor., descended from Thornton, of Thornton, in Bradford-dale in com.
		JOHN THORNTON, of Hamburg (heir to his brother Tempest), b.
	www.metcalfwaslin.org /lists/visits/visit1b.htm (345 words)

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		Midgley of Allerton, Bierley, Bradford, Bowling, Clayton, Eccleshill, Horton, Manningham & Thornton from the 1881 census.
		Birth: York Ovenden Census: York Thornton In Bradford MIDGLEY, Hannah Wife
		Birth: York Allerton Census: York Thornton In Bradford MIDGLEY, Susanna Dau
	members.tripod.com /~midgley/bradford1881.txt (945 words)

	Thornton Family Genealogy Forum
		Connecting Wm Thornton and Sarah Arvin with John, Mark, and Thomas...
		Re: Connecting Wm Thornton and Sarah Arvin with John, Mark, and Thomas...
		Thorntons of Hickman and Wayne Co's Tn - WILLIAM Thornton 5/17/06
	genforum.genealogy.com /thornton (1817 words)

	Locations Wrapid
		Wrapid's Bradford site span's both sides of Thornton Road, 2.6 miles from the M606 motorway.
		Located in the heart of Yorkshire Bradford has excellent access to rural leisure pursuits in the Dales and cosmopolitan shopping and entertainment in Leeds.
		Bradford's attractions include the National Museum of Film, Photography and Television and Asian cuisine.
	www.wrapid.co.uk /locations/Bradford.htm (137 words)

	The Andrews Family Lines: Tenth Generation
		Lofthouse was born in Clayton, Bradford, Yorkshire, England 1722.
		Her body was interred 6 August 1795 in Thornton, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
		Isaac was born 14 April 1717 in Thornton, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
	www5.pair.com /vtandrew/family/i0000152.htm (77 words)

	UKIP Bradford - UKIP Events Diary
		The initial meeting attended by many branch Chairman with guests Gregg Beaman (NW Regional Organiser) and NW Counties Committee chairman Lisa Duffy.
		Bradford appears to be the most successful branch in the Region based on the percentage increase in membership.
		The need to consolidate and to split some Branches, in the short to medium term, was raised together with the eventual aim of forming one Branch per Westminster Constituency and the need to re-activate Branches which exist but which have fallen into a non-operational state.
	www.ukip-bradford.org.uk /events.html (528 words)

	The Brontës: The Early Years in Thornton, University of Bradford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		According to the historian, William Scruton, the years at Thornton were "five of the happiest, and beyond all question, the most important years of (Patrick Brontë's) life" (Thornton and the Brontës, 1898, p.1).
		Market Street runs parallel to the main road through Thornton, which is the B6145 from Bradford towards Halifax and Denholme.
		The Thornton buses, also some Keighley, Oakworth, Howorth, Halifax and Huddersfield buses go along the B6145 through Thornton.
	www.brad.ac.uk /admin/conted/civic-community/brontes.html (428 words)

	Bradford Hockey Club
		Bradford Hockey Club was established in 1894 and is affiliated to the Yorkshire Hockey Association.
		Senior training is on Wednesday evenings from 8:00pm-10:00pm for fitness and hockey skills on the astroturf pitch at Thornton Grammar School.
		Junior Girls is on Tuesday evenings at the astroturf pitch at Bradford Girls Grammar School and Junior Boys is at the Thornton Astro on Wednesdays.
	www.bradfordhockeyclub.org.uk (372 words)

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		The Bradford born Thornton Brothers hit the national airwaves this week, presenting a show on TEAMtalk 252, Britain¿s first national radio station 100% dedicated to sport, which launched officially on Monday 11th March 2002.
		There are plenty of sporting brother celebrities but Bradford¿s Thornton Brothers must be the first brother presenter team on national radio.
		The Thornton Brothers is a highly entertaining show that appeals to not only the most dedicated fan but also to the sporadic sports fan!
	www.teamtalk.com /corporate/Press_Releases_Details/1,6243,,00.html?pressReleaseID=761 (517 words)

	Estate Agents in Bradford with property for sale. Bradford houses, homes and flats.
		There are currently 30 offices of estate agents in Bradford and these are most likely to know about all the properties for sale in the local area.
		If you find any that you are interested in, you can of course contact the agents direct and ask for more information or make viewing appointments.
		If you are serious about finding a property to buy, we can help you to contact the estate agents in Bradford so that they all know what you are looking for and can contact you immediately when suitable properties become available for sale.
	www.ukpropertyshop.co.uk /s/Yorkshire/estate_agents_Bradford.shtml (371 words)

	Ofsted – Reports Section
		Thornton Grammar School is a secondary school and sixth form for boys and girls.
		The age range of the pupils is 11-18.
		Thornton Grammar School was inspected on 29 Sep 2003.
	www.ofsted.gov.uk /reports/index.cfm?fuseaction=summary&id=107442 (220 words)

	Visit Bronte Country - Bronte Birthplace
		A month before the battle of Waterloo, the Rev. Patrick Bronte travelled to the little hillside village of Thornton, four miles west of Bradford, to take up his new post as curate.
		More healthy babies were born and they took a young girl from family in Bradford, Nancy Garrs, to be nursemaid.
		Then take either First Bradford bus service 607, Keighley and District services 696 or 697 from Bradford Interchange or Sunbridge Road, Bradford to Thornton Village.
	www.visitbrontecountry.com /birthplace.htm (354 words)

	West Yorkshire Buses Website - Bradford Overground
		From March 1998, a new standard of service was launched by First Bradford, the Sovereign standard, launched firstly on the X6, then the 72, and then extended to further services.
		From 23 July, the boundary is extended to Thornton Terminus and to Saltaire Roundabout and stretches as far as Thonton, Shelf, Bailiff Bridge and Thornbury
		First Bradford, Sovereign and FirstCard logos are copyright of Yorkshire Rider Limited.
	www.westyorkshirebuses.freeserve.co.uk /overground.htm (2085 words)

	Directory of Bradford's local businesses
		Direct links to local websites in Bradford, from buying property to finding jobs, shopping, entertainment, attractions its all here.
		Get your Bradford business noticed with an Enhanced Listing - buy a link from btlinks and benefit from the power of this website.
		Upper Park Gate Bradford West Yorkshire BD1 5DW.
	www.btlinks.com /bradford.htm (359 words)

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