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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thorlaby like this:
THORALBY, a township in Aysgarth parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 4½ miles SE of Askrigg. It has a post-office under Bedale. Acres, 2,840. Real property, £2,542. Pop., 271. Houses, 63.
Thorlaby is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thorlaby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thorlaby, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14340
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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