Bishop Thornton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.

[1][2] The civil parish also includes the village of Shaw Mills.

Bishop Thornton has both the Anglican St John's Church and the Catholic St Joseph's Church, the latter being the oldest in the Diocese of Leeds.

[4] The village was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974.

[5] Media related to Bishop Thornton at Wikimedia Commons