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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.
Thornley is now part of COUNTY DURHAM Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how COUNTY DURHAM has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thornley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thornley in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24556
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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