When Sarah Thorp was born on 1 September 1833, in Mount Tabor, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John William Thorp, was 19 and her mother, Hannah Haigh, was 18. She lived in Halifax St James, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Northowram, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891.
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Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
English (mainly Yorkshire and Lancashire): variant of Thorpe .
Scandinavian: variant of Torp .
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