In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thorpe Willoughby like this:

THORPE-WILLOUGHBY, a township in Brayton parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 2½ miles WSW of Selby. Acres, 850. Real property, £813. Pop., 150. Houses, 32.

Thorpe Willoughby through time

Thorpe Willoughby 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 Thorpe Willoughby itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thorpe Willoughby, in North Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14375

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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