Thornton, Pembrokeshire

Human settlement in Wales
  • Tiers Cross
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  • Pembrokeshire
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  • Dyfed
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Pembrokeshire
51°43′47″N 5°02′12″W / 51.729818°N 5.036735°W / 51.729818; -5.036735

Thornton is a small village in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is located approximately 1 mile outside of Milford Haven belonging to the Tiers Cross community. It is mainly residential in nature. Until recently it was contained within the parish of Steynton.

Thornton Baptist Chapel

Notable features of the village are Thornton Baptist Chapel, built in 1867, which housed a British School in its lower level,[1] and the prehistoric fort which is probably Iron Age.

References

  1. ^ Wing Commander Ken McKay A Vision Of Greatness: The History of Milford 1790-1990, Brace Harvatt Associates, 1989. ISBN 978-0-9515212-0-5


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