In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thornton Bridge like this:
THORNTON-BRIDGE, a township in Brafferton parish, E. R. Yorkshire; on the river Swale, 4 miles NE by N of Boroughbridge. Acres, 1,078. Pop., 66. Houses, 11.
Thornton Bridge through time
Thornton Bridge is now part of Harrogate district. Click here for graphs and data of how Harrogate has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thornton Bridge itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thornton Bridge, in Harrogate and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14538
Date accessed: 07th June 2024
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