In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thorngrafton like this:

THORNGRAFTON, a township in Haltwhistle parish, Northumberland; on the Roman wall, 4¼ miles ENE of Haltwhistle. Acres, 3,103. Pop., 321. Houses, 64.

Thorngrafton through time

Thorngrafton is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thorngrafton itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thorngrafton in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9707

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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