Family History of Thornton in Craven
Waite family tree
The Waite family have long been associated with Thornton and its surrounding area. There are still descendants in the village at Cowgill Farm "The Masons"
For a complete family tree of the Waite's click here
Bell family tree
Richard Bell selling milk outside Rectory Farm on Church Road
Thomas Bell was the first Bell in Bells farm. The farm house is situated in the middle of the village and looks onto the main A56.
For a complete family tree of the Bell's click here
For the story of Henry Bell and his untimely death in the quarry click here
Hewson family
Below are links to audio recordings of Mrs Gladys Bowker (nee Hewson) talking about Thornton in here childhood. She was born in Thornton in 1909. Pictures of the Hewsons can be found in the gallery section of this website.
Gladys talking about how her parents came to Thornton
Gladys talking about Living in Cam Lane & "The Alley"
Gladys talking about the return of her father for the 1st World War and her going to school
Gladys talking about school, Willy Woof and William Edmondson
Gladys talking about life with her brothers and sisters
Gladys talking about her working life
Each clip of audio will take about 90 second to download at 512Kbps or 10 minutes at 45.2Kbps or if you have windows media player 10 it is instant
If you have any information about past families that lived in Thornton please let us know. That could be in the form of audio, pictures, written or even a link to your own family history site. Please forward the information to us so that we can expand this new page. To contact us click here
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