In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thornham like this:
THORNHAM, a township in Middleton parish, Lancashire; 3½ miles S by W of Rochdale. Acres, 1,998. Real property, £8,018; of which £1,253 are in mines, and £15 in gasworks. Pop. in 1851, 1,510; in 1861, 2,027. Houses, 379. Many of the inhabitants are employed in cotton-mills. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Thornham through time
Thornham is now part of Rochdale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rochdale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thornham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thornham, in Rochdale and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22459
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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