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Thonock Road
Thonock is located in Lincolnshire
Thonock
Thonock
OS grid reference SK825925
• London 140 mi (230 km) S
Civil parish
District
  • West Lindsey
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Gainsborough
Postcode district DN21
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament
  • Gainsborough
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UK
England
Lincolnshire
53°25′25″N 0°45′35″W / 53.423497°N 0.759740°W / 53.423497; -0.759740

Thonock is a small settlement in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles (3 km) north from the town of Gainsborough, and on the A159 road The population is included in the civil parish of Blyton.

Thonock existed as a small village at the time of Domesday Book of 1086, when it consisted of five households.

Thonock is listed as a deserted medieval village, but there are no visible earthworks. It existed as a part of Gainsborough in the early 14th century, and as a small settlement, including the hamlet of Havercroft, in later centuries, when High and Low (Nether) Thonock were mentioned. Havercroft lost settlement is located at OS Grid Reference SK 82799 93194 in the present parish of Morton. There are no earthworks however aerial photography clearly shows the boundaries of the village bisected by the Gainsborough to Grimsby railway line.

Thonock civil parish was created from part of Gainsborough parish in 1894, but was later dissolved in 1974.

A golf club is based at Thonock Park.

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