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Dist:0.4km<br/>The turning on the right of the picture is Burnham Lane.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>This monument is to William Skinner who died in 1626.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>Detail of carving of mythical beasts (A Griffin on the left). This can be compared with the decoration on a similar font in Lincoln Cathedral [[276268]].
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Dist:0.4km<br/>Interior of the church of St. Lawrence, Thornton Curtis.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>Mythical beasts (Wyverns) carved on the side of this c12 Romanesque font in Tournai marble, one of only eight in England. Looking at this photo it seems that the font was broken, as evidenced by the horizontal displacement of the Fleur-de-Lis and cracking at top left and subsequently repaired.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>This is the War Memorial Lych Gate to the church of St. Lawrence.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>This is the Jacobean pulpit in the church of St. Lawrence, Thornton Curtis.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>Royal Arms displayed inside the church of St. Lawrence, Thornton Curtis. Pevsner says c18 with subsequent dates of 1768 and 1887 on the frame.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>These tablets are in the church of St. Lawrence, Thornton Curtis. The Great War memorial lists 13 names. A Roll of Honour, also in the church, records the names of 70 men who served (including those who died). In the 1911 census Thornton Curtis was recorded as having a total population of 452.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>Detail of carving on the c12 Tournai marble font in the church of St. Lawrence, Thornton Curtis [[274575]].
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Dist:0.4km<br/>The church of St. Lawrence is home to this rare c12 font in Tournai marble, said to be one of only eight in England. Each side of the font depicts two pairs of beasts. This side appears to show three Cats and a Dog.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>Thornton Curtis churchyard and Lych Gate.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>This church is surrounded by trees making photography difficult.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>Thornton Curtis, North Lincolnshire. Photo taken looking approx. North along the A1077 Thornton Road. Church of St. Lawrence is on the right and on the opposite side of the road is the Thornton Hunt Inn.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>Picture shows tower and doorway. The base of the old churchyard cross can be seen in the foreground.
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