Thornton le Moor, Lincolnshire

For other places with the same name, see Thornton le Moor.

Thornton le Moor is a village in the civil parish of Owersby, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) south-west from the town of Caistor. In 1931 the parish had a population of 70.^[1] On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished and merged with Owersby.^[2]

Thornton le Moor
All Saints' Church, Thornton le Moor
Thornton le Moor Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	TF050962
• London	135 mi (217 km) S
Civil parish	Owersby
District	West Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Market Rasen
Postcode district	LN7
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Gainsborough
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 53.452418°N 0.419225°W / 53.452418; -0.419225

Near the village are the remains of the deserted medieval villages of Beasthorpe^[3] and Cauthorpe.^[4] In the Domesday Book of 1086 Thornton le Moor is written as "Torentone", consisting of eighteen households.^[5]

The parish church is dedicated to All Saints and is a Grade II* listed ironstone building dating from the 11th century. It was restored 1871. There is a fragment of an 11th-century limestone cross shaft built into the back of an aumbry in the north wall of the chancel.^[6]