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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thorncliffe like this:
THORNCLIFFE, a village in Rawmarsh parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 6½ miles N of Sheffield. It has collieries, iron-works, and a fine Wesleyan chapel of 1866.
Thorncliffe is now part of SHEFFIELD District. Click here for graphs and data of how SHEFFIELD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thorncliffe itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thorncliffe, in Sheffield and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26767
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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