In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thornley like this:
THORNLEY, a chapelry in Wolsingham parish, Durham; 1½ mile S of Towlaw r. station. Post town, Towlaw, under Darlington. Real property, £2,477; of which £1,000 are in mines. Pop., 3,264. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £400.* Patron, the Rector of Wolsingham. See Towlaw.
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Thornley through time
Thornley is now part of Wear Valley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wear Valley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thornley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thornley, in Wear Valley and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24556
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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