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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thornhaugh like this:
THORNHAUGH, a parish in the district of Stamford and county of Northampton; 1¼ mile NNW of Wansford-Road r. station. Post town, Wansford. Acres, 1,706. Real property, £2,031. Pop., 243. Houses, 50. The property belongs to the Duke of Bedford. The living is a rectory, united with Wansford, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £483.* Patron, the Duke of Bedford. The church is ancient. There is a national school.
Thornhaugh is now part of PETERBOROUGH Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how PETERBOROUGH has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thornhaugh itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thornhaugh, in Peterborough and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8208
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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