Thornhill, West Yorkshire
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Thornhill is a village on the southern outskirts of Dewsbury in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Thornhill was absorbed into Dewsbury County Boroug
St Michael and All Angels, Thornhill Parish Church
St Michael and All Angels
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax. c. 1675
Sir William Savile, 3rd Baronet of Thornhill was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1642. He fought on the Royalist side in the English Civil War and was killed in
Thornhill, West Yorkshire
…family so that when Sir John Savile died in 1503 in Thornhill, he left provision in his will for his sister Alice, married to Sir William Calverley. Sir William Savile, the third baronet of the family, fortified the hall. The Saviles remained here until the English Civil War when Thornhill Hall was besieged. A royalist…
Sir William Savile