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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thorneyburn like this:
THORNEYBURN, a parish, with two townships, in Bellingham district, Northumberland; 1¾ mile N of Tarset r. station, and 4½ NW by W of Bellingham. Post town, Bellingham, under Hexham. Acres, 20,133. Real property, £3,280. Pop., 514. Houses, 72. The property is much subdivided. Much of the land is moorish waste. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £200. Patron, Greenwich Hospital.
Thorneyburn is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thorneyburn itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thorneyburn in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9706
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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