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Richard Thornton

Richard was born in 1786 in Bingley, Yorkshire, England. He died before 1851.

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CHAN.DATE	14 Jul 2007
CHAN.DATE.TIME	18:49
RESI	Bingley, Yorkshire, England
RESI.DATE	1841
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RESI.OBJE.Title	Charlotte Bronte
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RESI.OBJE.Comment	See Notes

General Notes
- @NI195@
  Cottingley House was the seat of the Dobsons and the Lamplugh -Wickhams. It passed to the Ferrands by purchase. Mr. Richard Thornton, father of the explorer, was a tenant there. Mr Charles H Priestley took Cottingley Hall in 1887. After his death his wife continued to live at the Hall until her death when it was sold to Mr. Harry Briggs and then Mr Asa Lingard. The Hall was demolished during the 1914/18 war..
  
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  It is also interesting to know that while the Thorntons resided at Cottingley Hall, the distinguished novelist, Charlotte Bronte,applied there for a situation as governess, but as Miss Bronte could not undertake to give music lessons to Mrs. Thornton's children, she was not engaged.
  
  Cottingley Hall was subsequently occupied by the several families of Lupton, Firth and Stansfield.
  
  A stone on anout-building is inscribed I.H., M.H., 1671, G.H.,and in front of the house appears the double cross indicating that it was formerly in possession of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. In the yard behind was an old bakehouse, with spacious fireplace, once used as a drying room for leather.

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Source/Citation 1841 England Census