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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thorley like this:
THORLEY, a parish in the Isle of Wight; 1 mile SE of Yarmouth. Post town, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. Acres, 1,574. Real property, £2,061. Pop., 143. Houses, 25. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £100.* Patrons, Trustees. The church is not good.
Thorley is now part of ISLE OF WIGHT Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how ISLE OF WIGHT has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thorley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thorley, in the Isle of Wight and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6009
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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