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Arthur Thornton

English county cricketer (1854-1915)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ4800463 ↗
Source-derived summary

Arthur Thornton (20 July 1854 – 19 April 1915) was an English first-class cricketer. Thornton was a right-handed batsman.

Born in Wilsden, Bingley, Yorkshire, Thornton played three first-class matches in 1881 for Yorkshire County Cricket Club against Surrey, Nottinghamshire and Lancashire.

Thornton died in April 1915, aged 60, in Saltaire, Yorkshire.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Arthur Thornton” as english county cricketer (1854-1915). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Arthur, Thornton and English.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1854, 1915, 1881—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1854-07-20. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Arthur, Thornton and English providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Arthur Thornton”, the useful work is to connect “english county cricketer (1854-1915)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4800463. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1854, 1915 and 1881.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Arthur Thornton” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.