Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Thoresby

Thoresby.-- hamlet, Edwinstowe par., Notts, 2 miles NW. of Ollerton. Thoresby Hall, seat of Earl Manvers, stands in a park of 10 miles in circuit; the original mansion, built in the 17th century, was the birthplace of Lady Mary Wortley Montague (1690-1762).


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Edwinstowe CP/AP       Nottinghamshire AncC
Place: Thoresby

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