2 miles from Thornton Curtis Parish

Thornton Abbey’s enormous and ornate fortified gatehouse is the largest and amongst the finest of all English Monastic gatehouses.

4 miles from Thornton Curtis Parish

Located in North Lincolnshire, St Peter's Church is an archaeological and architectural treasure trove waiting for you to discover. It is home to over 2800 burials from Anglo-Saxon to Victorian times.

14 miles from Thornton Curtis Parish

A deserted medieval village, one of the best-preserved examples in England, clearly visible as a complex of grassy humps and bumps.

22 miles from Thornton Curtis Parish

The elaborately decorated ruins of a 14th-century chancel and chapter house (viewable only from the outside), attached to the still operational cathedral-like minster church.

23 miles from Thornton Curtis Parish

An impressive Norman motte and bailey castle, dating from before 1086 and among the first raised in Yorkshire, with the earthworks of an attendant fortified 'borough'.

25 miles from Thornton Curtis Parish

A little-known gem, Gainsborough Old Hall is among the best-preserved medieval manor houses in England. Partly brick and timber-framed, and mainly later 15th century with Elizabethan additions.